WASHINGTON — A New York State member of the House of Representatives says that rail-moved crude oil needs stricter safety constraints until federal regulators make safety rules more specific. U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., writes in her bill th...
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Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
Could this survive legal challenge? It would seem to me that the interstate transportation of commercial goods is almost exclusively a federal matter. Suppose NY's regs turn out to be more restrictive than those of the feds (assuming the feds adopt some, or perhaps deliberately do not do so).
The Honorable Nita Lowey serves in the United States House of Representatives, where she represents a district in New York.
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