
 
 
                   1.  FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY ONLINE DATABASES
 
1.  Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Computerized
Information System# (OCIS) is designed to aid OSHA, State OSHA Program, and
OSHA Area Office staff in responding to employers' and employees'
occupational safety and health problems by maintaining quick access to
various computerized information files.  OCIS files are maintained on a
Digital Vax 11/750 computer at the Salt Lake City Laboratory; BASIS is the
database management software; system is accessed from OSHA and State Program
offices only; files are menu-driven; and new capabilities are under
development.  Questions and comments can be made to the OCIS Help Desk at
(801) 524-5366 or 524-5896, FTS 588-5366 or 588-5896.
 
Current OCIS files include:  Chemical Information File; Standards
Interpretations File; SIC I.H. File; Hazard Abatement File; Safety Science
Abstracts; Regional Libraries File; Hazard Waste Site File; Federal Register
Reference File; Variances File; Agency Staff Directory File; SLCAL Analytical
Methods File; and Memorandums of Understanding/Speeches. Scheduled to be
added in 1986 are:  Fatalities/Catastrophe File; Training Materials File;
5(a)(1) Citation File; Material Safety Data Sheets File; SLCAL Laboratory
Sampling Results File; and Computers Questions and Answers Bulletin Board.
 
 
2.  The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET)
is a computerized system of toxicologically oriented data banks, offering a
sophisticated search and retrieval package which permits efficient access to
information on known chemicals and identifies unknown chemicals based on
their characteristics.  TOXNET files include:  Hazardous Substances Data Bank
(HSDB), Toxicology Data Bank (TDB), and Chemical Carcinogenesis Research
Information System (CCRIS). Registered NLM users can access TOXNET by direct
dial or through TELENET or TYMNET telecommunications networks.  Average
search charges (per hour) are $75.00 for prime time.  For detailed
information on TOXNET contact:
  National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services, Biomedical
Files Implementation Branch, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894.  (301)
496-6531 or 496-1131.
 
 

                   2.  COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE ONLINE DATABASES.
 
1.  Public Health Foundation's Public Health Network (PHN) users have full
access to all GTE Medical Information Network (MINET) services, and can
communicate directly with users in PHN and other divisions of MINET.  Access
to Surgeon General, NLM/NIH, CDC, and American Medical Association
information services (e.g., Disease Information, Drug Information, Medical
Procedure Coding, Socioeconomic Bibliography, Expert Medical Physician
Information Retrieval and Education Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
(MGH) Continuing Medical Education, and AP Medical News Service) are
available ranging in price from $21 to $39 an hour of connect time.
Subscription fee, payable on a one-time basis is $500.00, each additional
user is registered at $25.00, and a User's Guide costs $15.00.  Connect time
rates range from $14 an hour peak to $7 an hour off-peak, character
transmission charges are $.05 per 1,000 characters.  For detailed information
on PHN or MINET contact:  The Public Health Foundation, 1220 L Street, N.W.,
Suite 350, Washington, D.C. 20005.  (202) 898-5600.
 
2.  Information Consultants, Inc.'s Chemical Information System (ICIS) and
Chemical Information System, Inc.'s (Fein Marquart Associates) System (CIS)
are two competing companies which offer approximately 35 databases each, some
similar, others different.  Databases available for searching include, for
example:  Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System
(OHMTADS) with emphasis on environmental and safety data for spills response;
Chemical Evaluation Search and Retrieval (CEASARS) gives very detailed,
evaluated profiles with physical/chemical, toxicological and environmental
information; NIOSH Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS)
with acute toxdata, TLV's, standards, aquatic tox, regulatory information,
and NTP test status; Chemical Carcinogensis Research Information System
(CCRIS) giving results of carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion and
carcinogenicity tests under National Cancer Institute contract; GENETOX with
genetic assay studies; AQUIRE with aquatic toxicity information; DERMAL with
dermal toxicity information.  Subscriber ($300 per year and $25-85 per hour
of connect time) and non-subscriber ($50-115 per hour connect time) options
exist.  For detailed information contact:  CIS, Inc., Fein Marquart
Associates, 7215 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212, 1-(800)247-8737 or
Information consultants, Inc., 1133 15th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005,
(202) 822-5200.
 
 
          3.  FEDERAL AND STATE TOLL FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SOURCES.
 
CHEMICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM (CEPP) INFO:
         Continental US (Toll Free)   1-(800) 535-0202
         DC Metropolitan Area   (202) 479-2449.
 
Contact:  Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program (CEPP), Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Preparedness, (WH-548A), U.S.  Environmental Protection
Agency, 401 M Street, Washington, D.C.  20460.
 
U.S. EPA established the toll free technical assistance hotline in 1985 in
order to provide a SUPERFUND AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT INFO
(CERCLA):
         Continental US (Toll Free)   1-(800) 424-9346
         DC Metropolitan Area  (202) 382-3000
 
Contact:  For Superfund--Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.
  For CERCLA--Office of Waste Programs Enforcement, U.S.  Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.
 
         U.S. EPA established the toll free technical assistance hotline in
1980 to answer questions and provide documents to those needing information
on the Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
 
 
  TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA) INFO:
         Continental US (Toll Free)   1-(800) 424-9065
         DC Metropolitan Area   (202) 554-1404
 
  Contact:  Toxic Substances Control Act Assistance Office, Office of Toxic
Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20460.
 
 
 
  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CENTER (EMIC):
         Continental US (Toll Free)   1-(800) 638-1821
         Within Maryland   (301) 447-6771, ext. 6032
 
  Contact:  EMIC Librarian, Learning Resource Center, National Training
Center, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727.
 
         FEMA established EMIC (Emergency Management Information Center) to
assist faculty, staff, students and off-campus users of the National
Emergency Training Center Learning Resource Center with their research and
information needs.  EMIC is a special collection of natural and technological
case study documents that can be requested for loan to state level fire and
emergency management officials by applying in writing, on official
letterhead, to the EMIC librarian.  Other requests will be referred back to
appropriate states for handling.
 


             4.  PRIVATE SECTOR TOLL FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT
            
  CHEMTREC.  1-(800) 424-9300.  Alaska, Hawaii and DC (202) 483-7616
        
  Contact:  Chemical Manufacturers Association, 2501 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.  20037. 
            
         The Chemical Manufacturers Association set up the Chemical
Transportation Emergency Center (CHEMTREC) to provide immediate assistance to
those at the scene of accident, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  CHEMTREC
maintains an online database on the chemical, physical, and toxicological
properties and health effects of the thousands of products of the member
companies.  CHEMTREC operates in two stages: first, staff provide chemical
information for use in onsite decisionmaking involving handling the early
stages of the problem and, second, notifies the manufacturer of the product
of the accident for more detailed information and appropriate follow-up.
         CHEMNET is activated by a call to CHEMTREC.  If a member shipper
cannot respond promptly to an incident and a chemical expert is required at a
site, then the shipper can authorize a CHEMNET-contracted emergency response
company to go in its place. 
 


  CHLOREP.  Emergency contact through CHEMTREC above.
            
  Contact:  Chlorine Institute, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017.
          
         The Chlorine Institute in 1972 established its Chlorine Emergency
Plan (CHLOREP), a mutual-aid response network of chlorine manufacturers and
packagers, to provide assistance at chlorine emergencies in the United States
and Canada through telephone instructions to on-scene personnel or the
dispatching of trained teams to sites.  Response is activated by a call to
CHEMTREC which in turn calls the designated CHLOREP contact, who notifies the
appropriate team leader based upon CHLOREP's geographical sector team
assignments. 
            
PSTN.  Emergency contact through CHEMTREC above.
            
  Contact:  National Agricultural Chemicals Association (NACA) Pesticides 
      Safety Team Network (PSTN), 1155 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20005.
            
         The National Agricultural Chemicals Association formed its
Pesticides Team Network (PSTN) in 1970 with area coordinators in each of 10
designated regions available on a 24-hour basis to receive pesticide incident
information.  Once notified by CHEMTREC, an area coordinator telephones the
emergency caller, obtains the necessary information about the incident and
coordinates with the manufacturer on emergency procedures regarding PSTN use.
The emergency caller is recontacted and advised what steps to take and
whether a PSTN is being mobilized.  
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