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LATEST DERAILMENT: Another train derails in Ontario, Canada
Repost from the The Sault Star
Train derails east of Hornepayne, 0ntario
March 6, 2015 7:23:34 EST AMSixteen train cars derailed near Hornepayne early Thursday.
The derailment happened at 6:30 a.m. about 90 kilometres east of the community, Canadian National Railway says.
Cause is under investigation.
A train, carrying 101 cars, was westbound from Toronto to Edmonton when the incident occurred, said Jim Feeny, director of public and government affairs.
The 16 emptied tanker cars that last contained flammable liquids were “located towards the end of the train,” he said in a telephone interview from Montreal.
No one was injured. No hazardous goods leaked.
Service on CN’s main Northern Ontario line resumed at 4 a.m. Friday.
“The incident is over,” Feeny told The Sault Star. “Service has returned to normal.”
Transportation Safety Board has asked the railway for information about the derailment.
“We’re going to take a look at what we get,” said spokesman John Cottreau. “It’s being assessed right now.”
(with files from Reuters)
Rodeo, California: Phillips 66 project faces additional lawsuits
Repost from The Contra Costa Times
[Editor: see also Communities for a Better Environment sues CCCounty and P66 and Lawsuit filed to Stop Tar Sands in the Bay Area. – RS]
Rodeo: Phillips 66 project faces additional lawsuits
By Tom Lochner, 03/06/2015 06:03:54 AM PSTRODEO — A second organization has sued to block a propane and butane recovery project at a Rodeo refinery, and a third announced it would do so as well Thursday.
Rodeo Citizens Association filed suit Thursday in Contra Costa Superior Court, Martinez against Contra Costa County and the Phillips 66 Co., contending Phillips wants to transport heavy and dirty tar sands crude by rail from outside the state to a sister refinery in San Luis Obispo County and pipe the semi-refined oil to Rodeo. The association further contends that a county-approved Environmental Impact Report fails to note that the project would increase air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
On Wednesday, Communities for a Better Environment sued the county and Phillips 66, contending the project is part of a grander plan to process heavy, dirty tar sands crude that would come to California by rail.
Phillips 66 spokesman Paul Adler said Thursday he had not seen the Rodeo Citizens Association suit and therefore could not comment on it. On Wednesday, commenting on the CBE suit, Adler had called that organization’s allegations “inaccurate and misleading.”
“Following two years of careful analysis by the Contra Costa County board (of Supervisors) and its expert staff, claims that this project is a crude by rail project were dismissed,” Adler said Wednesday.
Also on Thursday, Safe Fuel Energy Resources of California, a group representing workers at the Rodeo refinery, sued the county and Phillips 66 in Superior Court, Martinez, according to an announcement by the firm Public Good PR LLC. The group contends, among other allegations, that Phillips 66 wants to bring in tar sands crude from out-of-state and that the county improperly “piecemealed” its review of the Rodeo project from other Phillips 66 projects and neglected to analyze the cumulative levels of the various projects on air quality and human health and safety.
The timing of Safe Fuel Energy Resources’ filing was not known as of late Thursday.
LATEST DERAILMENT: near Galena, Illinois, crude on fire
Repost from THonline.com, Dubuque, IA
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UPDATE: Crude oil burning after train derails near Galena
By TH Media, March 5, 2015 4:15 pm | Updated: 5:02 pm, Thu Mar 5, 2015
GALENA, Ill. — A firefighter near the scene of a derailed BNSF Railway train in rural Jo Daviess County said crude oil is burning after the wreck.
No injuries have been reported.
Multiple Illinois agencies have responded to the derailment, including fire departments from Galena, East Dubuque and Menominee-Dunleith. Grant County, Wis., hazardous material responders are on scene, as are firefighters from Dubuque.
The train derailed south of Galena at approximately 1:20 p.m., according to a statement from BSNF.
BNSF said the train has 105 cars, 103 of which were carrying crude oil. It’s unclear how many cars have derailed.
BNSF has not confirmed that the derailed cars are leaking. However, a firefighter responding to the scene said crude oil has caught fire. Smoke could be seen rising the scene.
Jo Daviees County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Moser says several cars have caught fire as a result of the derailment. However, the blaze hasn’t prompted any evacuations, although that may change.
BNSF officials say railroad representatives are headed to the scene of the derailment. The railroad is working with local responders and has notified the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Railroad Administration, according to the statement.
Dubuque Fire Chief Rick Steines said he has deployed firefighters with foam fire suppression equipment to a derailment staging area.
“We sent two people with our foam trailer because of a request we got form Jo Daviess County,” he said.
Steines said he didn’t know any specific details about the wreck.
Attempts to reach the Galena Fire Department have been unsuccessful. The BNSF statement said no additional details are available.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Department is responding to a reported train derailment near the ferry landing in the Galena area.
The preliminary information from authorities is that five railcars are involved.
More information will be available soon.
TH Media is sending staff to the scene.
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