From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 1:57:44 PM UTC-5, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > >http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/213079-administr   
   tion-to-unveil-stricter-crude-by-rail-standards   
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   > >Administration to unveil stricter rules for carrying crude   
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   > >by rail   
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   > >By Laura Barron-Lopez - 07/23/14 08:48 AM EDT   
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   > >The Obama administration will unveil new rules Wednesday   
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   > >proposing more stringent safety standards on trains carrying   
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   > >crude oil and other flammable fuels.   
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   > >Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is expected to   
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   > >announce the new rules, which will include standards for   
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   > >tank cars, speed limits for trains carrying crude oil, brake   
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   > >standards and testing for oil and other flammable liquids,   
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   > >according to a Wall Street Journal report.   
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   > Foxx was the guest Tuesday at one of the journalists' clubs on Tuesday.   
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   > The stupid shit was totally wishy-washy. One of the reporters asked him   
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   > if they're getting any better information about the chemical contents   
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   > of Bakken crude and he said they were getting whatever the oil industry   
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   > decided to give them.   
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   > Well, send your own investigators to the damn oil fields and prevent   
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   > those tank cars from being loaded if the crude's volatility is being   
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   > misrepresented! You've got the power to do that!   
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   > It's been six years, and the Obama administration STILL doesn't have   
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   > a handle on this issue.   
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   > We don't need new tank car standards. We need to stop loading Bakken crude   
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   > in tank cars not designed for Bakken crude under CURRENT standards.   
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   > We don't need special speed limits nor brake standards.   
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   > It has NOTHING to do with "flammable liquids". It has to do with volatility.   
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   > Crude that's much less volatile than Bakken crude is still flammable but   
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   > isn't dangerous when shipped in current tank cars, even if there's a crash.   
      
   The old tank cars are supposed to be retired. I noticed some new stickers on   
   the BSMF tankers with toll free 800 numbers to call in case of emergency in US   
   or CAN, just a long distance number in MEX to call at toll rates. So we got   
   that going for us.   
      
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