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SITE PLANNING- HAZARDS AND' LIABILITIES OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNI.. Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br /> Type in "Power Struggle: Battling over batte~ technologies" in the SEARCH box. Click on CK). <br /> <br /> htt0://www, zomeworks.com/t~h/H2t1-I2FAQ h!ml <br /> Hydrogen FAQ [This article discusses how complex proper venting of a batte~r shelter/room is. This ~ompany sells <br /> shelters as well as designs to properly vent existing shelters.] <br /> <br /> "What is the danga- of explosion during battery charging? <br /> Battery rooms and cabinets are notori°us for explosions when hydrogen created by electrolysis and mixed with <br /> oxygen is ignited by a spark. <br /> The proliferation of back up batteries at communications sites has spread the hazard from the private concern of <br /> the battery's users to the public at large. Battery cabinets, vaults, and rooms are now scattered like time bombs all <br /> around th world, many where explosion could injure or kill unaware bystanders. The danger is not imagined. Many <br /> vaults have exploded and recently a communications shelter in Yuma, Arizona, exploded shattering the windows of a <br /> neighboring house..." <br /> <br /> http://www, powerquality. C°m/art0060/artl.htm <br /> <br /> From the industry journal, PoWer Quality Journal. <br /> The. cogent point in this article is in the first paragraph: <br /> "... Most battery owners, including some of the biggest companies is. the country, do not follow IEEE <br /> recommeadations. They claim that the full program is too expensive. That is short-ta~m thinking and sooner or later <br /> they will pay for it." <br /> <br /> http://ww~v.calicorp.com/arti¢l¢~/open.house.html · <br /> Fire Department Safety Officers Association - "Open House" Battery Incident <br /> <br /> http://www.firehouse, c0m/newa/2000/6/l 4 APstate.html <br /> Fire Knocks Out State Department Phones <br /> <br /> http://www, wa. gov/ini/news/pt051800.btm <br /> AH telecommunications contractors must register with' Labor & Industry by June 8 <br /> <br /> http:/Av'~nv.telecomcl.ick, com <br /> Type "Powering wirele.~ telecom basestatious" in the SEARCH box. Click on "GO." <br /> <br /> http://www.osvmag.com/featur~1999/lO._olmo.htm <br /> H2-OhNo! Hydrogen Build-Up Can Cause Battery Cabinets to. EXPLODE <br /> <br /> · http://www.telecomclick,~m <br /> Type in "Flirting with disaster, in SEARCH box. Click on GO. <br /> <br /> http://wmw.calicow.com/arti¢l¢$/osha_ _special_equip.htm <br /> Electrical Safety Requirements for Special Equipment - <br /> OSHA Regulatory Profile - Special Equipment <br /> <br /> http://'www.calicorp,com/arti¢lea/batteries-buildings.h{ml <br /> Lead-Acid Batterie~ in Buildings <br /> <br /> gNVIRONMKNTAL HAZARI}$ OF BATrgRY Ci~MICAL$ <br /> http://www, calicom_.com/arti¢ies/osha-~rtides.html <br /> Industrial Lead-Acid Batterie~ Are Not Considered "Articles" <br /> <br /> http://www. Calicorp.com/epa__ne%_releaso. htm <br /> EPA News Release - Ten Telecommunications Companies Voluntarily Disclose and Con'ect Environmental Violations <br /> <br />http ://es.e_~. gov/oeca/ore/enfal~rVvgl3 hum6. html <br />EPA's "Audit Policy" Off'ets Opportunity for Teleconun,.,U. hi..'cations Industry to Remedy Violations IV-117 <br />http://www.america'sne~ork.com/issu¢$/2000$upplemem, q20000915¢eJCC20000915_fin¢sprint, htm <br />http://emmetwork.org/siting/basehazards.htm 10/30/0 <br /> <br /> <br />