The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), along with its Canadian counterpart, on Friday issued a final rule on the shipment of flammable liquids by rail, including crude oil and other petroleum products. Responding to a series of recent derailments of oil-laden trains (see? Shale Daily, March? 6), the final rule was developed by two DOT units, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration, in coordination with Canada’s transportation officials. Canadian Minister of Transport Lisa Rait joined DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx in Washington, DC, to announce the new rule.
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