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March 4th, 2014 | Tags: 100-car oil train, Anacortes refineries, Bakken crude, Bakken oil trains, BP, Burlington, Burlington Fire Department, Burlington fire trucks, Carolyn Gastellum, Cherry Point to China, College Way, Emergency response teams from Skagit County, Emergency response to Bakken oil trains, ForestEthics, four refineries in northern Puget Sound, Gateway Pacific Terminal, Hoag Road, life safety first priority, Matt Krough, Mount Vernon Fire Chief Roy Hari, Mount Vernon Mayor Jill Boudreau, Mount Vernon traffic, North Dakota's Bakken fields, oil from North Dakota to Skagit County, oil train EIS, Padilla Bay, Phillips 66, Protect Whatcom, Puget Sound, Riverside Drive, Shell EIS, Shell Oil Anacortes, Skagit and Whatcom Counties, Skagit County, Skagit County planners, Skagit residents, Skagit River, Skagit River 600 feet from railroad tracks, Swinomish Channel, Terry Weschler, Tesoro EIS, Tesoro Oil Anacortes | Category: Feature, Legal, Multimedia, News, Photo, United States, Washington | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
By Kimberly Cauvel | Posted: Sunday, March 2, 2014 11:30 pm
Colette Weeks
A train pulls tanks of crude oil toward the refineries in Anacortes in August.
Traffic is blocked at three major intersections in Mount Vernon, and a fire is burning downtown.
Mount Vernon and Burlington fire trucks and ambulances dispatched to the scene determine alternate routes because a 100-car oil train is blocking crossings at […]
Continue reading Oil Trains Coming: Local Officials Prepare for the Worst
March 4th, 2014 | Tags: (AAR), American Association of Railroads, Anacortes City Council, Anacortes Mayor Laurie Gere, Bakken crude oil, DOT regulations, DOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Liz Lovelett, Mount Vernon Fire Chief Roy Hari, Oil boom, oil volatility, PHMSA, rail boom, rail car safety, Shell Anacortes, Skagit County, Skagit County bridges, Tesoro, Tesoro Anacortes, Tesoro Chief Executive Officer Greg Goff, Thomas Rizzo, tougher tank car standards, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, Wash. | Category: Feature, Legal, Multimedia, News, Photo, United States, Washington | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
Bakken crude oil deliveries raise safety questions
By Daniel DeMay | Posted: Sunday, March 2, 2014 11:40 pm
An oil tanker train sits on the rail line that parallels Highway 20 west of Burlington in this photo taken in November 2013. Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald
OLYMPIA [Wash.] — The issue of shipping oil by rail has gone from the background to the front burner almost overnight.
There are no less […]
Continue reading The Bakken Oil Trains are Coming . . . IS SKAGIT READY?
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