PHMSA Seeks Comment on Insurance for
Railroad Carriers Transporting Hazardous Materials.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a notice and request for comment on the levels and structure of insurance for
railroad carriers transporting hazardous materials.
Not exact matches
By this Order, DOT is requiring that each
railroad carrier provide the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) for each state in which it operates trains
transporting 1,000,000 gallons or more of Bakken crude oil, notification regarding the expected movement of such trains through the counties in the state.
Within 30 days of this Order, to abate this imminent hazard, each affected
railroad carrier shall, within 30 days of the date of this Order, notify the SERC in each state in which the
railroad carrier operates trains
transporting 1,000,000 gallons or more of Bakken crude oil.
As such, PHMSA — in continued collaboration with the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal
Railroad Administration — seeks information regarding the design, development, and potential use of automated transportation systems to safely
transport hazardous materials by surface mode in compliance with the HMR, and to identify requirements within the HMR which may impede the integration of this technology.
Carriers Businesses that
transport animals for hire, including airlines, shipping lines,
railroads and other means.