From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 16-Apr-14 11:41, conklin wrote:
> The list of hazard materials is NOT public and shared only with
> certain officials, and that apparently does not include elected
> officials.

Federal anti-terrorism laws restrict that information; being an "elected
official" in some bumfuck town does not mean you're above the law.

> And the article does state that Federal laws shield the railroads from
> local supervision and this includes, importantly, decisions on routing
> of hazadous materials.  And the officials were threatened with arrest.

... because they were committing a crime.

> And if the RR decides that the best tracks are through a city and not
> around it, hazardout materials go through the city, not around it.

As with trucking companies transporting the same hazardous materials.
Did you have a point here?

S

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