Re: US issues emergency order for testing of crude-by-rail shipments
Author: GATX
Date: 02-25-2014 - 22:28
J Wrote:
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> PHMSA drops this little bomb just before a
> congressional hearing. Basically, with no
> advanced warning or opportunity to discuss
> contingencies, the agency just pulled a percentage
> of rail cars (and truck tanks) out of the fleet -
> even before agency releases the results of its
> chemical analysis of the crude oil from the
> "Bakken Blitx." Makes the Administrator look
> "tough."
Good. Nobody cares until the @#$%& hits the fan on a mainline coming thru their hometown. Let's do what it takes to reduce the risk of harm.