State relies on oil train operators to self-report

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Scott Waldman

ALBANY—The state does not independently monitor how much crude oil train operators transport through New York each day, instead allowing them to self-report the total, officials at three state agencies said.

CSX and Canadian Pacific transport the crude through western New York and down from the North Country on a daily basis.

Though it does not monitor how much is transported, the state does inspect the trains and crude offloading facilities at the Port of Albany, the state officials said.

"We have to rely on the railroad—we have to hope they're telling us the truth," state Homeland Security commissioner Jerome Hauer said.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/08/8550397/state-relies-oil-train-operators-self-report

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