[Nita Nupress]

The fire officials and Gov. Jon Huntsman expressed displeasure at the difficulty in determining exactly what was in the tanker. "It's tough to know how to respond if you don't know the contents of the bulk container,"

Ummmmmm. Somebody's in trouubllllle.

Seriously, someone's head should roll for this. First responders' lives are on the line in these types of things.

[Smartaleck]

"Seriously, someone's head should roll for this. First responders' lives are on the line in these types of things."

Depends. The "waste manifest" which is the shipping paper to accompany the waste may well have been filled out "according to EPA" regulations.

When a container is a mixture of chemicals the Dept. of Transportation requires use of a generic description and only the two most dangerous chemicals or those two that contribute most to the proper shipping description be entered in parenthesis as part of the technical names.

EPA on the other hand has their own descriptions for waste and may not have required such......only the waste code designation. The way the law is written the DOT defers to the EPA on matters affecting the environment.