{"id":46191,"date":"2019-03-29T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=46191"},"modified":"2019-03-29T12:08:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:08:38","slug":"pacific-northwest-sustainability-advocates-pick-up-on-ecp-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/pacific-northwest-sustainability-advocates-pick-up-on-ecp-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Northwest sustainability advocates pick up on ECP benefits","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An article published March 28 on the website of the Sightline Institute follows up on an Associated Press report from over the winter about the Department of Transportation&#8217;s repeal of the Federal Railroad Administration&#8217;s electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake rule for tanker cars.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/2e91c7211b4947de8837ebeda53080b9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In late December, the AP reported that the Trump administration did not consider in its calculations the most-common type of derailment<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn addition to the AP findings, writers Aven Frey and Eric de Place for the Seattle-based Sightline Institute, which advocates on sustainability and environmental issues in the Pacific Northwest, also said that &#8220;PHMSA and the FRA low-balled their predictions for oil train numbers, an assumption that tilted the analysis in favor of the industry.&#8221;<br \/>\nSMART Transportation Division has been in favor of the installation of ECP brakes on tanker cars, with National Legislative Director John Risch calling them &#8220;the safest, most advanced braking systems in the world.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Sightline Institute piece notes that the ECP rule&#8217;s repeal &#8220;put rail-side communities at substantial risk across the Northwest, particularly because we can expect to see oil train shipping to significantly increase again.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn response to the repeal of the ECP rule, legislators in the region have taken note.<br \/>\nThe Washington State Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/local\/politics\/article\/A-major-oil-train-safety-requirement-passes-State-13662585.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has passed legislation that requires crude oil to be transported by rail to be conditioned to meet a vapor standard that reduces the potential for explosive ignition<\/a>.<br \/>\nAlso, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican from Battle Ground, Wash., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/2019\/jan\/29\/herrera-beutler-moves-to-reinstate-rail-safety-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has twice introduced legislation<\/a> that reinstates the ECP rule. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/851?r=458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The current version of the Oil and Flammable Material Rail Safety Act is H.R. 851 and was introduced in January<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sightline.org\/2019\/03\/28\/oil-trains-trump-administration-faulty-logic-ecp-brakes\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the entire Sightline Institute article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article published March 28 on the website of the Sightline Institute follows up on an Associated Press report from over the winter about the Department of Transportation&#8217;s repeal of the Federal Railroad Administration&#8217;s electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake rule for tanker cars. 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