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Improving Oil Train Safety: Railroads will have to create contingency plans with HB 2209

By John Jordan-Cascade on July 25, 2019

Filed under: Legislation, Northwest Coal Trains, Toxic Chemicals

Tags: Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Land Conservation and Development, DEQ, emergency preparedness, fossil fuels, House Bill 2209, Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM), oil trains, railroads, Rep. Marty Wilde

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