Rail Tank Car Industry Calls for Additional Safety Measures Transporting Crude, Ethanol

摘要

The Railway Supply Institute Committee on Tank Cars (RSICTC) announced February 12 that it called on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider several new safety measures for tank cars transporting crude oil and ethanol. In a letter to DOT Secretary Anthony R. Foxx, RSICTC proposed additional safety requirements on newly manufactured railway tank cars, a prohibition on placing additional legacy tank cars into crude oil and ethanol service and prioritization of the modification of existing legacy crude oil and ethanol tank cars.