Senator Wyden: NTSB Recommendations Show Need for New Rail Tank Car Standards

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2015. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board issued urgent recommendations for trains carrying crude oil and other flammable liquids:

“Six weeks ago, I asked the White House to take a hard look at the newer, supposedly safer rail tank cars hauling crude oil and other hazardous materials through communities,” Wyden said. “Today, I’m encouraged the watchdogs at the NTSB echoed my call…