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This is a list of all documents accepted for permanent retention under the subject classification 'Transportation: Railroads: Shipping hazardous materials'.

Transportation:
   Railroads:
     Shipping hazardous materials

Annual Report on Accidents/Incidents Involving Hazardous Materials on Railroads in Illinois (2009)
This report has been prepared by the staff of the Illinois Commerce Commissions Railroad Safety Section in accordance with the provisions of 625 ILCS 5/18c-1204. The law directs the Commission to prepare and distribute to the General Assembly a report on railway accidents in Illinois which involve hazardous materials. The law also provides that the report shall include the location, substance involved, amounts involved, and the suspected reason for each accident, as well as the rail line and point of origin of the hazardous material involved in each accident.

Annual Report on Accidents/Incidents Involving Hazardous Materials on Railroads in Illinois, 2008 (covers July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008)
This report provides information on railroad accidents which occur in Illinois which involve hazardous materials being transported by rail.