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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Federal Highway Administration. U.S Department of Transportation, for financial support of this project under contract no. DTFH61-99C-00022. Thanks are also expressed to Mr. James Beiswenger. Mr. Gerald Fomey, Ms. Julie Miller, Ms. Janet Wolf, and Mr. Stephen Salmans. Thanks are also expressed to Ms Jackie Greaser for preparation of the manuscript. 

Schmertmann, J.H. 1978. Guidelines for cone penetrometer test performance and design. Report No. FHEA-TS-78-209, Offices of Research and Development, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, p. 145. 

Mary E. Peters, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)... 

Other sources where a fleet safety director can find facts about causes of accidents are the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Bureau Labor of Statistics, summaries and reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH). 

The most recent study was conducted by CC Technologies Laboratories, Inc. (circa 1999 to 2001), with support by the Federal Highways Administration and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, International. The results of the study show that the (estimated) total annual direct costs of corrosion in the United States are 276 billion, i.e., about 3.1 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That... 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, 1992. 

Preliminary road trials with SC paving have taken place in Canada and the U.S. In Canada, Sulphur Innovations Lts., carried out paving tests with Sulfurcrete (15), and in the U.S. the Southwest Research Institute has done research and development work on Sul phi ex paving under contract to the Federal Highway Administration (15, 38, 39). 

E. H. Dole and R. A. Barnhart, Highway Statistics, Summary to 1985, U.S. Dept, of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1986, Table VM-201A, pp. 229-232. 

Fig. 2. Average monthly H2 production and demand (one-million FCVs). Average fuel consumption is from U.S. Federal Highway Administration data 16 and H2 supply is estimated from average monthly insolation values for six locations in the southwest U.S. with data from NREL s Solar Radiation Data Manual for Flat-Plate and Concentrating Collectors.17 Correlation between H2 supply and H2 demand is 0.61.

The contributions of the Federal Highway Administration, Moore Brothers Construction Co., Societe Nationale des Petroles d Aquitaine, Texas Transportation Institute, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Texasgulf, Inc., Robertson Tank Lines, Inc., and the Sulphur Institute were greatly appreciated. 

Corrosion, the degradation of a material s properties or mass over time because of environmental effects, is a costly reality that effects every industry. A study issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 2002 conservatively estimates the annual direct cost of corrosion in all U.S. industry sectors at US 276 billion. Costs associated with corrosion include cathodic/anodic protection coatings inhibitors corrosion-resistant alloys and materials and maintenance, repair, and depreciation of equipment. Indirect costs, such as lost productivity, environmental or product contamination, planning and design, and lost opportunities, can easily outpace direct costs by factors of two or more. 

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