Comment EI-20621
Received or sent (printed as 11/17/2014)
Louisville, Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency/MetroSafe Concerns: 1. With the proposed increase of 13 - 15 CSXT trains per day traveling on the L&I rail line, coupled with the trains moving at a faster rate of speed, there is greater potential for more hazmat incidents either from leaks or de-railings. 2. Trains transporting freight which includes chemicals should not travel at or exceed 49 mph in highly populated areas. When nearing a populated area at approximately 14 miles from a community, the train carrying hazardous material should reduce its speed to no more than 25 mph. 3.Trains transporting hazardous material may travel up to 45 mph through rural areas. 4. CSXT projects it will take seven years to complete the upgrades that would permit the larger, faster, and heavier trains. Depending on the economy at the end of seven years, we may see more traffic than that which is predicted in this document.
Submitted by: Debbie Fox · Louisville Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency · Louisville, Kentucky
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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