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Bakken Crude, Benicia CA, Rail Safety, Valero Benicia Refinery

SF Chronicle Editorial, The real crazy train: moving Bakken crude by rail

Repost from The San Francisco Chronicle Editorial: The real crazy train: moving Bakken crude by rail Chronicle Editorial Board, October 26, 2014 GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari likes to deride Gov. Jerry Brown’s high-speed rail plan as the Crazy Train, but the loonier rail proposal is the one that would carry explosive Bakken crude 1,000 … Continue reading SF Chronicle Editorial, The real crazy train: moving Bakken crude by rail →

Alaskan oil, Bakersfield CA, Derailment, Draft EIR, Explosion, Federal Regulation (U.S.), Massive increase in crude-by-rail, Oil spill, Solano County CA, Tank car design, Tar sands crude, Train braking systems, Union Pacific Railroad, Valero Benicia Refinery, Valero Crude By Rail

San Francisco Chronicle: Benicia sees cash in crude oil; neighbors see catastrophe

Repost from The San Francisco Chronicle Benicia sees cash in crude oil; neighbors see catastrophe By Jaxon Van Derbeken, October 23, 2014 A plan to bring tank-car trains filled with crude oil from Canada and North Dakota to a Benicia refinery is pitting the Solano County town against Northern California neighbors who say they will … Continue reading San Francisco Chronicle: Benicia sees cash in crude oil; neighbors see catastrophe →

California Attorney General Kamala Harris, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Disclosure of tank car contents, Draft EIR, Federal Regulation (U.S.), Hazardous cargo transparency, Hazmat notification, State regulation, Valero Crude By Rail, Valero Energy Corporation

Bloomberg: California AG Rejects Trade-Secret Claims for Crude-by-Rail

Repost from Bloomberg News California AG Rejects Trade-Secret Claims for Crude-by-Rail By Victoria Slind-Flor, Oct 22, 2014 California Attorney General Kamala Harris expressed reservations about the trade-secret provisions in a proposal for a crude-by-rail project in Benicia, California. In a letter to the city’s Community Development Department, she said the draft environmental impact report for … Continue reading Bloomberg: California AG Rejects Trade-Secret Claims for Crude-by-Rail →

Association of American Railroads, BNSF Railway, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, California Regulation, Crude By Rail, Union Pacific Railroad

Railroads file suit against state of California

Repost from The Sacramento Bee [Editor’s UPDATE: Download the complaint here.  – RS]  Railroads say California lacks authority to impose safety rules on oil shipments By Tony Bizjak and Curtis Tate, Oct. 8, 2014 The battle over crude oil trains in California intensified this week, reaching into the legal sphere with potential national repercussions. The state’s … Continue reading Railroads file suit against state of California →