Republicans Push Back Against Biden PHMSA’s LNG-by-Rail Ban

On Sept. 1, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), part of the Biden Dept. of Transportation, issued a federal rule suspending a 2020 authorization of LNG transportation in rail tank cars granted under the Trump administration (see LNG-by-Rail Officially on Hold with PHMSA, Agency Will “Study” It). The suspension (ban) will remain in effect until either a permanent rule regarding LNG rail tank car transportation is proposed and finalized --- or June 30, 2025. You can expect it will be the latter. Some 25 Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House sent a letter to the PHMSA Deputy Administrator Tristan Brown, reminding him that the agency is a safety agency, not an environmental agency, lecturing him to reverse the block on LNG-by-rail forthwith.

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