EPA, States Weigh Options To Help Reduce Risks Of Crude Oil Rail Spills

EPA and state environmental agencies are weighing steps that they could take to help minimize adverse impacts such as water pollution from spills resulting from crude oil rail transport accidents, even as the federal and state officials acknowledge their role in the issue is largely limited to dealing with the aftermath of such incidents. Oil industry groups are cautioning against federal or state environmental regulators boosting their role over rail transport. For example, the American Petroleum Institute (API) says that...