Office of the Secretary of Transportation May 13, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On May 7, 2014, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation issued an Emergency Order (EO), that requires that each railroad operating trains containing more than 1,000,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil (approximately 35 tank cars) in a particular state to provide the State Emergency Response Commission notification regarding the expected movement of such trains through the counties in that state. The full text of the EO can be accessed by going to www.regulations.gov and searching for docket number: DOT-OST-2014-0067.