Local government hazardous materials control : A program that works

ABSTRACT

Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky has a comprehensive program for hazardous materials control based on realistic regulation and outstanding cooperation between industry and local gevernment agencies. The success of the program is more noteworthy because the area of 700,000 population covered involves the major city of Louisville, a heavily populated unincorporated County area, and 93 small incorporated cities. The political support for the program was generated after a series of hazardous materials incidents including a runsway chlorine gas barge, a sewer explosion and chemical contamination of the communities major wastewater treatment plant.This paper will discuss the elements of the program in Louisville and Jefferson County and the cooperative process used that assured the sucess.(AU)