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c) structure fires or other emergencies where hazardous substances are <br /> involved as exposures, if the quantities exposed are less than 42 gallons. <br /> <br />For 2002, there were a total of 260 incidents or less than one per day statewide, with <br />only 29 reported incidents in all of Lane County. In Lane County, 23 of the reported <br />incidents were in Eugene and 3 were in Springfield. Statewide. 72 incidents, or about <br />27% of the total incidents occurred on public roads or highways. Only 21 incidents <br />were identified as being due to motor vehicle accident. The majority of reported <br />incidents on roads must therefore be a result of equipment failures (e.g, leaking <br />tanks) or law enforcement actions (e.9., drug lab chemicals). <br /> <br />Incidents were also reported in private structures (67), private land (62), public <br />structures (25), waterways (18), public lands (11 ), private roads (2), forests (3) and <br />other (11). These state wide data are probably approximately representative of the <br />long term distribution of incidents expected for Lane County and for the <br />Eugene/Springfield Metro Area. <br /> <br />Most of the reported year 2002 incidents involve a relatively small number of <br />hazardous materials, as shown below in Table 14.3. Table 14.3 contains the most <br />common materials involved in incidents as well as particularly hazardous materials. <br />Overall, the 2002 incidents involved a total of 98 different materials. These statewide <br />data present a very useful overview of hazardous material incidents in Oregon. For <br />Lane County and the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area, the general pattern of <br />hazardous materials is likely to be similar to the statewide pattern below. Most <br />hazardous materials incidents in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area are likely to be <br />the most commonly involved materials as shown below (i.e., drug lab chemicals, fuels, <br />and motor vehicle fluids). Fuels include gasoline and diesel fuel, propane, and natural <br />gas, <br /> <br /> Table 14.3 <br /> Hazardous Materials Incidents in 20025 <br /> Reported Categories of Hazardous Materials <br /> <br /> Chemical Number of <br /> Incidents <br /> D~esel, gasohne, fuel oil 44 <br /> Drug lab chemicals 26 <br /> Natural 9as 19 <br /> Antifreeze, motor oil, hydraulic 12 <br /> fluld, transmission fluid <br /> Propane 10 <br /> No chemical involved 15 <br /> Subtotal 126 <br /> <br /> Unknown chemical 36 <br /> Munabc acid 7 <br /> Red phosphorus 6 <br /> iodine 4 <br /> Ammoma 4 <br /> Chlonne 3 <br /> Acetone 3 <br /> Methanol 3 <br /> Methane 2 <br />Public Review Draft: October 12, 2004 14-9 <br /> <br /> <br />