RESPONDING TO GASOLINE RELEASES

摘要

Without a doubt,gaso- line is the hazardous material most commonly released in the United States every year. It is the primary fuel for vehicles, and its consumption is high. Spills occur at vehicular collisions, pipeline releases, bulk transport container leaks, and fixed container storage sites. As most of us know, the innate physical hazard of gasoline is flammability and gasoline, as a liquid at ambient temperatures, will evolve flammable vapors as low as -45°F. Therefore, gasoline can burn or combust virtually anywhere in the continental United States at all times of the year.