Tracking Hazardous Materials through Army Installations: A Feasibility Study.

Abstract

This research investigated the feasibility of tracking hazardous materials through procurement, distribution, use, collection, and disposal of U.S. Army fixed facilities. It was found that a complete tracking system would require major changes to materials distribution and accountability procedures. Implementing complete tracking procedures would be very costly at military installations because of the great diversity of hazardous materials procured and the large numbers of activities which uses them. In addition, some of the information required for a complete tracking system is not available. Another tracking system investigated was the monitoring of procurement data. This type of system has been used successfully at two installations and it is recommended that it be tried at others on an experimental basis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA129103

Entities

People

  • John T. Bandy
  • Manette Messenger
  • Ronald D. Webster
  • Steven F. Railsback

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Bar Codes
  • Chemical Properties
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Materials
  • Monitoring
  • Procurement

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design