The Latest: US senator wants new look at oil trains rule

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 7:14 pm CST, Thursday, December 20, 2018

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's miscalculation of safety benefits of electronic brakes for oil trains (all times local):

6 p.m.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley says the U.S. Department of Transportation should conduct a new cost-benefit analysis of a canceled rule that would have required better brakes for trains hauling explosive fuels.

The Democratic lawmaker's comments on Thursday came in response to an Associated Press finding that officials understated the potential benefits of the brakes by up to $117 million.

Railroads were required to begin installing electronic brakes under a 2015 rule prompted by a string of fiery derailments involving oil and ethanol shipments. The Trump administration canceled the rule in September, citing its high cost.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/The-Latest-APNewsBreak-Pushback-on-Trump-s-oil-13481461.php

[truthisfreedom]

1. Idiots.

[lostnfound]

2. Ezternalizing costs without regard for common good or human lives

Industries loves the way Republicans rule

[SharonAnn]

3. Trump is removing "our protections", not "bureaucratic regulations."

[TJKatd]

4. I deal daily in my job with all the Class I railroads....

They are nearly evil. The govt setting them up as special back in the 1860s has created a unique, entitlement culture. They get whatever they want from politicians. Unfortunately, their union emps arent much better.