The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, issued a long-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) involving a new, stricter set of rules for crude-by-rail (CBR) train ...

The regulations also include provisions affecting ethanol, another flammable liquid frequently shipped by rail. DOT said the rules would impose $2.5 billion in costs from 2015 to 2034, while the ...

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has announced its comprehensive proposed rulemaking to improve the safe transport of large quantities of flammable materials by rail. The Notice of Proposed ...

The DOT’s NPRM includes: -the proposal of enhanced tank car standards for tank cars, also referred to as high-hazard flammable trains or HTTF, constructed after October 1, 2015, with one option to ...