North Dakota discloses oil train shipment details
Source: AP-Excite
By JAMES MacPHERSON and MATTHEW BROWN
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dozens of mile-long trains loaded with crude are leaving western North Dakota each week, with most shipments going through the state's most populous county while en route to refineries across the country.
The U.S. Department of Transportation ordered railroads last month to give state officials specifics on oil train routes and volumes so emergency responders can better prepare for accidents. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said a pattern of fiery accidents involving trains carrying crude from the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana had created an "imminent hazard" to public safety.
Most notable of those was an oil train derailment last July in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people.
Railroads that fail to comply with the order are subject to a $175,000 fine per day and are prohibited from hauling oil from the Bakken region until they do so.
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Or fire dept. They're shipping Bakken oil through our town, less than a mile from our house and their "emergency plan" if there is a fire or derailment is to call for foam firefighting apparatus to be brought in from Delaware City. Not to mention, they're siding these trains right next to where 2 twelve inch natural gas lines are proposed for a contentious power plant/data center. They don't intend to have any foam concentrate or appropriate apparatus stationed near the rail yards -- the closest will be Delaware City and Exton PA.
