PHMSA and Fed Railroad Admin Publish Final LNG by Rail Regs

In April 2019 President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Transportation to write a new rule allowing specially constructed tanker cars for railroads (DOT-113 tank cars) to ship LNG, i.e., liquefied natural gas (see Here Come the “Bomb Trains” – Trump to Allow LNG by Rail). It took a while, but after a year-long process the final regs are ready, and soon after they are published in the Federal Register, they go into effect. Hallelujah!

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