The administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration said that his agency is going to focus the inspections it does on routes that carry more of the dangerous chemicals railroads routinely haul, starting in East Palestine.
“Through this legislation, Congress has a real opportunity to ensure that what happened in East Palestine will never happen again,” Vance said in a statement. “We owe every American the peace of mind that their community is protected from a catastrophe of this kind.” next Thursday at a U.S. Senate hearing on the derailment. Shaw refused to testify before a Pennsylvania Senate committee and is now being subpoenaed to appear next week.
The Association of American Railroads trade group says 99.9% of hazardous materials shipments reach their destinations safely, and railroads are generally regarded as the safest option to transport dangerous chemicals across land. Still, the East Palestine accident showed how even one derailment involving hazardous materials can be devastating.
But railroads will resist these reforms. A spokeswoman for the AAR trade group, which has been pushing to delay any significant action until after the investigation is complete, said many of the “wish list items” in the bill such as the crew size rule “would not prevent a similar accident in the future.”
Under the plan, regulators would be required to set limits on train size and weight as railroads increasingly haul long trains that stretch more than 2 miles . Railroads are moving fewer, longer trains these days, so they don’t need as many crews, mechanics and locomotives.
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