Government Accountability Office Report of Oil-By-Rail Safety Fails to Address Most Important Safety Issue

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By Justin MikulkaSep 23, 2014, 11:26 am78 pts
This week’s release of the government report titled Department of Transportation Is Taking Actions To Address Rail Safety, But Additional Actions Are Needed To Address Pipeline Safety — a year long review of the risks associated with the large increases in transporting domestically produced oil and gas in…

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