The Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration
(PHMSA) published a notice in today’s Federal Register (78 FR 66326-66327)
announcing a 30-day extension of the comment period on their advanced
notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for the Rail Petitions and
Recommendations To Improve the Safety of Railroad Tank Car Transportation.
The extension is in response to a petition
by the Sierra Club for a 90-day extension of the comment period that included,
in part, as justification the 16-day shut-down of the federal government during
the recent federal funding fiasco. PHMSA notes that,
since this is an ANPRM, it will, to the maximum extent possible, “consider
late-filed comments during the next stage of the rulemaking process”.
The comment period would have closed today, but it will now
close on December 5th, 2013.
NOTE: I did a quick check this morning to see how many
comments have been received on this docket (PHMSA-2012-0082), but the www.Regulations.gov web site was down.
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CHLORINE GAS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
First Responders ask federal administrations to consider adding secondary containment to rail tank cars used to transport chlorine gas, providing lifesaving safety to First Responders and the public they serve. See First Responders Comments at PETITION C KIT.
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