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- Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 00:33:42 -0400 (EDT)
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Latest Oil Train Derailment Adds Pressure for Stronger US Action
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Latest Oil Train Derailment Adds Pressure for Stronger US Action
An oil train derailed near Denver, two days after the Department of
Transportation announced an emergency order on transporting crude oil by
rail. However, some critics say that they are not satisfied with the
department's slow pace.
By Nick Cunningham, Guest blogger /
May 13, 2014
The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2014/0513/
Latest-oil-train-derailment-adds-pressure-for-stronger-US-action
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/ljjpj5m
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Another oil train has derailed, this time near Denver, Colorado. A 100-car
Union Pacific train carrying crude oil from the Niobrara shale was
involved in the May 9 accident, in which six cars derailed and some 6,500
gallons of oil were spilled. Investigators are looking into the cause of
the accident, which occurred 45 miles north of Denver.
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The incident happened just two days after the U.S. government issued what
was seen as a weak emergency order on rail safety. On May 7, the
Department of Transportation announced an emergency order requiring
railroad companies to inform state emergency management officials when
they plan to move large volumes of crude oil through a state. That would
apply to trains carrying more than 1 million gallons of crude oil - the
equivalent of about 35 train cars.
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The order also recommends the use of more crash-resistant railcars, but
makes their use voluntary; it says the department is 'strongly urging
[the use of] tank car designs with the highest level of integrity
available."
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The move by the Transportation Department was in response to a fiery
derailment and explosion of a train carry crude in downtown Lynchburg, VA
on April 30, which spilled oil into the James River and caused the
evacuation of hundreds of people.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a Senate panel on May 7
that his agency had sent a draft proposal to the White House for rail-car
standards and speed limit regulations, and is hopeful that a finalized
slate of regulations can be issued before the end of 2014.
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Senate Democrats were unimpressed by the department's actions, even before
the latest incident in Colorado. "If we know that we want to get rid of
these [cars] that we don't think are a safe transport vehicle, we should
come up with a date certain," Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said during
the hearing. "Making it voluntary isn't enough."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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