October 30, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Houston Chronicle, October 29, 2019) HOUSTON — Liquefied natural gas could soon move around the country by rail as the Trump administration moves to loosen restrictions on transporting LNG in an effort to further boost to the nation’s energy sector. The...
October 22, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Age, October 21, 2019) NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced that it is publishing a notice...
October 21, 2019 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, October 18, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration is moving forward to allow railroads to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) in tank cars through a plan that was immediately rejected by Congressional Democrats. In a proposed...
October 7, 2019 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Politico, October 7, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In her first 14 months as Transportation secretary, Elaine Chao met with officials from Kentucky, which her husband Mitch McConnell represents in the Senate, vastly more often than those from any other state. In...
September 17, 2019 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, September 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Oversight and Reform Committee said Monday it would be investigating Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao for alleged ethics violations. Full story: USA Today
August 23, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 21, 2019) NEW YORK — The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), represented by Jo Strang, Senior Vice President, Safety & Regulatory Policy, testified Monday before a Small Business...
June 17, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 14, 2019) North Dakota’s congressional delegation is making its case to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao that Washington state’s new crude-by-rail law violates the nation’s Interstate Commerce Clause...
June 17, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, June 14, 2019) NEW YORK — On June 6, the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced that the company Energy Transport Solutions LLC had applied for a special permit to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) in...
May 29, 2019 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: New York Magazine, May 28, 2019) NEW YORK — Prior administrations might argue that the Transportation Secretary owning shares in the largest supplier of gravel mix used in road construction is an explicit conflict of interest. But according to a report from...
April 23, 2019 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, April 22, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has formally announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $900 million in discretionary grant funding through the...
