Hazardous Materials Problems in Earthquakes - Credits
ABAG Project Staff and Report Authors
Jeanne B. Perkins, Earthquake Program Manager, ABAG
Ed Wyatt, Environmental Engineer, ABAG
Project Consultants
James H. Schmidt -- Mechanical Engineering Consultant
Dr. Guna Selvaduray -- Assoc. Prof. of Materials Engineering, San Jose State Univ.
ABAG Management
Warren K. Hopkins, President, Councilmember, City of Rohnert Park
Revan A.F. Tranter, Executive Director
Eugene Y. Leong, Deputy Executive Director
Gary Binger, Planning Director
Earthquakes and Hazardous Materials Review Committee
Rosemary Corbin -- Councilmember, City of Richmond (Chair)
Eileen Baumgartner -- Assistant Dir., Plans & Preparedness, Calif. Office of Emerg. Serv.
Daniel Benjamin -- Hazards Control Dept., Lawrence Livermore Nat'l. Laboratory
Marjorie Greene -- Planner, Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project (BAREPP)
Ron Eguchi -- Engineer, Dames and Moore
John Ellis -- Corporate Architect, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Ruben Grijalva -- Assistant Fire Chief, City of Palo Alto
Jerry Haag -- Safety and Fire Protection Admin., Syntex USA, Inc.
Frank Lew -- Seismic Safety Prog. Mgr., San Francisco Dept. of Public Works
Bob Reitherman -- Planning Consultant, The Reitherman Company
Special thanks are given to Leslie Freeman and Lisa Martinez who worked with ABAG staff in documenting past earthquake problems and compiling the extensive earthquake reference list.
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ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. This information is based on a two-year research effort that resulted in the 1990 ABAG report, "Hazardous Materials Problems in Earthquakes," including an Executive Summary (reproduced here), a Guidebook, and a Background volume.
The research effort that forms the basis for this information was funded by the National Science Foundation's Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors (listed on this page) of these reports and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.This page was last updated 11/6/03 by jbp.