Hazardous Materials

Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP)

 

SUMMARY DATA

Data Layer:
Hazardous Materials (All): 2004
Content:
 Numbers of hazardous material locations, including hazardous waste sites, radioactive waste sites and superfund sites
Counties categorized into 5 classes using the natural breaks method
Use Notes:
 Identify the relative risk of this hazard, as expressed by historical occurrences
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
www.tceq.state.tx.us/AC/about/index.html

Direct access to the data layer source:
www.tceq.state.tx.us/gis/sites.html

 

DETAILED DATA

Data Layer:
Hazardous Waste Sites: 2004
Content:
 State of Texas designated industrial waste disposal sites
Location of sites
Use Notes:
 Must zoom in, in order to appropriately display data.
Map symbol delineates location only, at sub-county level the name of the site appears.
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
www.tceq.state.tx.us/gis/sites.html


Data Layer:
Radioactive Waste Sites: 2000
Content:
 State of Texas designated radioactive waste disposal sites
Location of sites
Use Notes:
 Must zoom in, in order to appropriately display data.
Map symbol delineates location only, at sub-county level the name of the site appears.
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
www.tceq.state.tx.us/gis/sites.html

 

Data Layer:
Superfund Sites: 2004
Content:
 State of Texas and Federal designated superfund sites
Location of sites
Use Notes:
 Must zoom in, in order to appropriately display data.
Map symbol delineates location only, at sub-county level the name of the site appears.
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
www.tceq.state.tx.us/gis/sites.html


Data Layer:
Hazardous Cargo Routes
Content:
 Designated hazardous cargo routes in Texas
36 cargo routes (highways) in Texas
Use Notes:
 Cargo routes are defined by local governments as vehicles carrying non-radioactive hazardous materials
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

Texas Department of Transportation
www.dot.state.tx.us/txdot.htm

For direct access to data layer source:
www.dot.state.tx.us/TRF/te/nrhm.htm

 

OTHER MAPS AND DATA

 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) / EnviroMapper and Window to my Environment
http://maps.epa.gov/enviromapper/
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/

EPA / Envirofacts Data Warehouse
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/ef_overview.html

Hazardous Material Incident Reports Data for 1993 to 2005
hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/inc/hmisframe.htm

EPA / Databases and Software
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/ds-epds.htm

Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO)
www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/index.htm
Note: This site contains information about applications that utilize hazardous materials data to analyze and/or map, including CAMEO, ALOHA and MARPLOT

ALOHA: http://archive.orr.noaa.gov/cameo/aloha.html
MARPLOT: http://archive.orr.noaa.gov/cameo/marplot.htm

Texas General Land Office
GIS Web: Oil Spill Responders Mapping Tool
Oil Spill Planning and Response Atlas

 

OTHER HAZARD INFO

FEMA / Hazardous Materials
http://www.fema.gov/business/guide/section3b.shtm

Pipelines & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) / Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
hazmat.dot.gov

EPA / Wastes
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw

NOAA / Office of Response and Restoration
response.restoration.noaa.gov

Hazardous Substance Research Centers: South & Southwest
www.hsrc.org/hsrc/html/ssw

U.S. Fire Administration
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/subjects/hazmat/

Disaster Help / HazaMat
https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/community.jhtml?community=Hazmat&index=0&id=4