{"id":57,"date":"2018-08-12T22:34:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T22:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/?p=57"},"modified":"2018-08-12T22:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T22:44:31","slug":"i-was-mistaken-you-can-store-as-many-hazmat-tank-cars-as-will-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"It’s official: I was mistaken. You can store as many hazmat tank cars as will fit."},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 100 LPG tank cars, with Hazardous Material placards, grace Watsonville.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jul 25, 2018 (via email)<\/p>\n

Re: LPG Tank Car Storage Complaint<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mr. Becker,<\/p>\n

Thank you bringing this issue to our attention! Unfortunately, there is no violation of 49 CFR 213.4 for the storage of more than five (5) LPG tank cars on excepted track located on the Santa Cruz Branch Line.<\/p>\n

\u00a7213.4(e)(3) specifically states:
\n\u201cNo freight train shall be operated that contains more than five cars required to be placarded by the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 172);\u201d<\/p>\n

This citation applies specifically to train operations (car movement). Not the storage of cars on \u201cexcepted\u201d track. This citation only restricts the movement of loaded placarded cars to five (5) or less in a train operating on excepted track.<\/p>\n

In other words, an excepted track that can hold 100 cars is allowed to have 100 cars of placarded material stored on that track. However, when the cars are moved into or off of that track, no more than five (5) loaded placarded cars can be moved at a time.<\/p>\n

If the placarded cars are classified as empty (\u201cresidue\u201d in hazmat service), this restriction does not apply and the railroad is permitted to move more than five (5) placarded cars at a time.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the FRA, I apologize for the delay in providing you a response to your previous complaints regarding this issue.<\/p>\n

With this response, we consider this issue closed. However, if you have additional concerns regarding this issue, please feel free to contact me directly.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Mark A. Maday
\nStaff Director
\nHazardous Materials Division
\nOffice of Technical Oversight
\nFederal Railroad Administration
\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
\nWashington, DC 20590
\nO:202-493-0479
\nEmail: mark.maday@dot.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jul 25, 2018 (via email) Re: LPG Tank Car Storage Complaint   Mr. Becker, Thank you bringing this issue to our attention! Unfortunately, there is no violation of 49 CFR 213.4 for the storage of more than five (5) LPG tank cars on excepted track located on the Santa Cruz Branch Line. \u00a7213.4(e)(3) specifically states: … Continue reading “It’s official: I was mistaken. You can store as many hazmat tank cars as will fit.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laselva.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}