{"id":21212,"date":"2013-07-31T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=21212"},"modified":"2013-07-31T11:03:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T15:03:06","slug":"oil-train-safety-rule-delayed-by-1-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/oil-train-safety-rule-delayed-by-1-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil train safety rule delayed by one year","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON \u2014 The Obama administration has delayed by nearly a year a plan to boost safety standards for the type of rail car involved in a fiery explosion that killed at least 47 people in Canada this month.<\/p>\n
Officials began work on the rule more than a year before an oil train derailed and exploded in Quebec on July 6 \u2014 but the rule was never put in place. The proposal by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is intended to fix a dangerous design flaw in a rail car commonly used to haul oil and other hazardous liquids from coast to coast. The soda-can shaped car, known as the DOT-111, has come under scrutiny from safety experts because of its tendency to split open during derailments and other major accidents.<\/p>\n