the Midwest in December, January, or February. In the event of a significant delay (e.g., greater than two hours), shippers should notify the affected states of the delay and the carrier’s response. Pre-Departure: The shipper and driver(s) should agree that weather and road conditions are acceptable prior to dispatching a shipment. Before dispatching a shipment, the shipper should consider current weather conditions, weather forecasts, and projected road conditions at the point of origin and along the entire route. A shipment should not be dispatched if severe weather conditions are forecasted anywhere along the route at the time the shipment is expected to be in that area. For DOE shipments of transuranic waste, state personnel should contact the WIPP Central Monitoring Room to participate in the pre-departure conference call for each shipment. The decision that acceptable conditions exist should be documented in writing or through entry into a computer database. En Route: The shipper and/or the carrier should monitor weather conditions while the shipment is in transit. Shipments should not travel when adverse weather or road conditions along routes make travel hazardous. For DOE shipments, stakeholders may monitor the status of shipments using TRANSCOM. When severe weather conditions or adverse road conditions occur unexpectedly, law enforcement may divert the shipment to safe parking or may contact the shipper to suggest that the shipment use an alternate route. Safe parking locations should be selected in accordance with this planning guide’s section on “Safe Parking.” If a state deems it necessary to divert a shipment to an alternate route, the state must coordinate with any other state(s) that will be affected by the route deviation.
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