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Hazardous Materials Spills Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)

Hazardous Materials Spills Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)
By Gary F. Bennett

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The essence of the new volume is to combine all the required material, planners and response operatives require to prepare their response plans and guides.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1203404 in Books
  • Published on: 2001-09-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 800 pages

Editorial Reviews

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"Steve Barnes (Director of National Spill Control School) - Should McGraw-Hill publish this book. Yes. This can be a valuable reference work for industrial safety and/or environmental department as well as academic institutions. Ian Fraser - Is there a need for this book? Yes, there is a need for a comprehensive book, which would contain information on practical aspects of spill clean-up as well as the legislative duties and responsibilities.

From the Back Cover
THE HANDBOOK OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS TECHNOLOGY


Comprehensive and authoritative, THE HANDBOOK OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS TECHNOLOGY gives you everything needed for efficient planning, guide preparation, and response. Handy data tables, charts, statistics, technology solutions, and information on specific chemicals make everything from prevention to final reports easier. This book on your desk equals quick access to the best professional knowledge.



- Most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to technology and cleanup

- Best collection of technology to deal with spills and spill modeling

- Effective, practical answers

- New in-depth coverge of frequently spilled compounds, risk assessment, modeling, analysis tools, community programs, more

- Today's spill prevention organizations, U.S. and international

- Internationally respected contributors

About the Author
Mervin Fingas (Orleans, Ontario) is the Chief, Emergencies Sciences Division Environment Canada. He is currently in charge the hazardous material clean-up connected with Swiss Air crash off of Newfoundland. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hazardous Materials pub by Elsevier. Mr. Fingas is the Editor of Spill Science Newsletter, published by Environment Canada. He is on the executive committee of ASTM F-20 on spill standards.