(Source: Oil & Gas Journal, December 9, 2013)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two US Department of Transportation agencies jointly issued a supplemental safety advisory covering unintended movement of freight trains carrying crude oil and other hazardous materials. The Nov. 20 advisory followed one the US Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) jointly issued on Aug. 7 after 42 people died when a crude-carrying freight train derailed and caught fire on July 6 in Lac Megantic, Que.
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