US EditionRailroads must provide details of hazardous cargo immediately after a derailment under new rule
- A new federal rule finalized aims to provide first responders immediate access to information on hazardous chemicals in derailment situations.
- After a train derailment, responders faced delays in obtaining details on burning tank cars, impacting the handling of the situation.
- Train crews carrying cargo lists in locomotives may not always be quickly located in derailment chaos.
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Railroads ordered to provide hazardous cargo details immediately after derailment
The Biden administration has tightened disclosure rules for trains carrying hazardous cargo, with railroads now required to inform local first responders about hazardous material immediately after a derailment. The new federal requirement, announced Monday, caps significant scrutiny of the railway industry after a Norfolk Southern train released toxic chemicals into the town of East Palestine,…
Railroads must provide details of hazardous cargo immediately after a derailment under new rule
A new federal rule aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train after a derailment, so they can respond appropriately. The rule was finalized Monday. Firefighters responding to last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, risked their lives trying to extinguish a blaze without knowing the right way to respond. The local East Palestine fire chief said it took 45 minutes for him to …
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Railroads must provide details of hazardous cargo immediately after a derailment under new rule
A new federal rule aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train after a derailment, so they can respond appropriately. The rule was
Railroads must give cargo details following derailments
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new federal rule finalized Monday aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train almost immediately after a derailment so they can respond appropriately. Too often in past disasters like last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, firefighters risked their lives trying to extinguish a blaze without knowing the right way to respond.…
Railroads must provide details of hazardous cargo immediately after a derailment under new rule - The Morning Sun
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new federal rule finalized Monday aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train almost immediately after a derailment so they can respond appropriately. Too often in past disasters like last year's fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, firefighters risked their lives trying to extinguish a blaze without knowing the right way to respond. The local fire chief in charg…
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