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The logistics analysis covers all areas north of the 55th parallel, as well as remote areas in the south.
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The GNWT is responsible for the management of dangerous goods transportation on roads within the territory while the federal government is responsible for air, marine and rail transportation.
Infrastructure department spokesperson Greg Hanna says the most common dangerous goods transported in the NWT are diesel fuel, gasoline, Jet A fuel, propane, ammonium nitrate and explosives and that close to 30 per cent of trucks carrying loads on NWT roads carry dangerous goods. The fuel thatSA国际影视传媒檚 trucked up through Enterprise and via barge on the Mackenzie River initially arrives in Hay River via CN Rail.
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources manages a 24-hour spill report line and a database of all spills and the status of spills.
The Infrastructure Department also produces a report on this subject each year. This report contains the total number of trucks carrying dangerous goods that reported to weigh scales in Enterprise and Inuvik along with estimated quantities of the materials; details on road transport-related spills; a count of convictions under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and Regulations.
