Re: [stop-ethanol-trains-in-greater-boston] Digest for stop-ethanol-trains-in-greater-boston@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic
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Sharon Hamer
Aug 8, 2013, 10:39:26 AM8/8/13
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I got a note from Will Brownsberger today and he said the legislature has not addressed the ethanol legislation yet.
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Yarden <yen.y...@verizon.net> Aug 07 11:39AM -0400
Yarden <yen.y...@verizon.net> Aug 07 12:26PM -0400
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Yes.
Thank you for the information.
The WJS article was accurate. The Federal Railroad Administration issued an emergency order. Details, " . . .re-examined its regulations governing the securing of trains . . ." presumably because " . . .inspection data since January 2010 showed "significant non-compiance with FRA's securement regulations" with "nearly 4,950 recorded defects" in that time." show an intention to close at least one barn door, namely, Lac-megantic.
We should study the article carefully. It centers a concern showed for situations such as those planned for Revere and Chelsea Creek. The legislature was right in focusing on that -- what happens to trains of tank cars standing on sidings exposed to hurricane surges when they come. Has anyone heard whether the legislature voted to over-ride the Governor's veto (or substitute, a moratorium for further study)?
The more general nature of the problem is exhibited in the latest news from the _moving_ train spill in Louisiana. The BBC reported this one two days ago. It leaves one wondering why the railroads violate regulations so often, especially in using the defective tank cars that are common. Can these really be that much cheaper than new ones; larger gauge corrosion resistant steel, and better designed valves? Given the risk involved?
It will require a strong political will to improve the permissive attitudes and lessen the reluctance of the public to act. And also a better and up-to-date understanding of the real costs, the ones that cannot be externalized. Some of us know this and it is up to us to make the difference.
Elie Yarden
Cambridge
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