Congress threatening to raise wetlines rule from the dead

Published Friday, May 01, 2009

Almost three years ago, petroleum haulers felt confident that they had finally put an end to the misguided effort to mandate wetlines purging systems on tank trailers. Unfortunately, liberals in Congress and at the National Transportation Safety Board seem determined to resurrect the mandate, much like a zombie in a B-grade movie. Democrat majority members and staff at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are pushing some type of ban on wetlines as part of the reauthorization of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, through which Congress grants authority for the Department of Transportation to regulate hazmat transportation. A ...

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