Maine & Atlantic Railway Company / Santa Fe Elevator Corp. / Calumet Specialty Products Partners / Hawaii Hawaii / NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO / Bottom Oil Recovery Systems / RBN Energy Inc. / Great Lakes Shipping / Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund / Exxon Shipping Co. / Canadian Newswire / /
rail car standards / transportation / state law / tank car / oil and gas pipelines / made oil / oil and gas / oil releases / energy / large and complex regulatory regime governing oil transport / oil transport / crude oil / bulk petroleum crude oil / thicker steel / heavy crude oil / safety management systems / oil spills / sufficient insurance / pipeline systems / export transportation / crude oil producers / oil pollution act / rail equipment / rail car / federal regulatory scheme governing oil tankers / oil / energy production / heavy oil / oil pollution prevention / federal law / recent oil / oil pipeline construction / tank car standards / federal rail safety law / planned oil response / oil production / transport crude oil / dangerous products / crude oil pipeline operators / oil-carrying railroads / rail car transporting / transporting heavy crude oil / /
MusicGroup
Superior / /
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Lake Michigan / Lawrence River / Lake Superior / /
Organization
Federal Railroad Association / U.S. government / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Canadian government / U.S. Coast Guard / Government Accountability Office / office of Pipeline Safety / National Transportation Safety Board / Department of Environmental Conservation / Transportation Board of Canada / Canadian Coast Guard / office of Spill Prevention and Response / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / U.S. Congress / U.S. Supreme Court / International Maritime Organization / Federal Railroad Administration / U.S. DOT’s office of Pipeline Safety / US Federal Reserve / Department of Homeland Security Inspector General / Division on Oil Spill Prevention and Emergency Response / Alliance for the Great Lakes / Oil and Water / Harper government / Québec regional office / Association of American Railroads / United States Coast Guard / U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration / office of Inspector General / Minnesota Pollution Control Agency / Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration / Oil Pollution Act / Canadian Standards Association / Standing Senate Committee on Energy / Congress / federal government / office of the Auditor General of Canada / Clean Island Council / UN Court / Department of Fish and Wildlife.141 / Congressional Research Service / Area Planning Committee / U.S. Department of Transportation / National Energy Board / /
Person
Cynthia M. Wilkinson / Nat / William Sound / Ben Gullo / John Frittelli / Sara Gosman / Keith Matheny / Washington Washington / David Schaper / Audit / / /
Position
The Michigan attorney general and Department of Environmental Quality director / Coast Guard / See Auditor General of Canada Supra n / The Coast Guard / Executive / Minister of Transport / Prince / Governor / See Auditor General of Canada Supra note / Commissioner / commander / Marshall / Lieutenant Commander / /
Product
OPA / Citation / Liquid Pipeline Safety Act / material.102 Currently / substance / lacked enhanced safety features / current methods / materials / material.89 Rail companies / material / installation / 6 Great Lakes Commission Issue Brief / /
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Nebraska / Minnesota / Alaska / Indiana / New York / Michigan / South Carolina / USCG District / California / Illinois / /
Issue Brief 4 Regulations, Policies and Programs Governing Transport of Crude Oil Introduction In 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground off the coast of Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil