From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   >http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/213079-administrat   
   on-to-unveil-stricter-crude-by-rail-standards   
      
   >Administration to unveil stricter rules for carrying crude   
   >by rail   
   >By Laura Barron-Lopez - 07/23/14 08:48 AM EDT   
      
   >The Obama administration will unveil new rules Wednesday   
   >proposing more stringent safety standards on trains carrying   
   >crude oil and other flammable fuels.   
      
   >Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is expected to   
   >announce the new rules, which will include standards for   
   >tank cars, speed limits for trains carrying crude oil, brake   
   >standards and testing for oil and other flammable liquids,   
   >according to a Wall Street Journal report.   
      
   Foxx was the guest Tuesday at one of the journalists' clubs on Tuesday.   
   The stupid shit was totally wishy-washy. One of the reporters asked him   
   if they're getting any better information about the chemical contents   
   of Bakken crude and he said they were getting whatever the oil industry   
   decided to give them.   
      
   Well, send your own investigators to the damn oil fields and prevent   
   those tank cars from being loaded if the crude's volatility is being   
   misrepresented! You've got the power to do that!   
      
   It's been six years, and the Obama administration STILL doesn't have   
   a handle on this issue.   
      
   We don't need new tank car standards. We need to stop loading Bakken crude   
   in tank cars not designed for Bakken crude under CURRENT standards.   
   We don't need special speed limits nor brake standards.   
      
   It has NOTHING to do with "flammable liquids". It has to do with volatility.   
   Crude that's much less volatile than Bakken crude is still flammable but   
   isn't dangerous when shipped in current tank cars, even if there's a crash.   
      
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