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Transportation Department floats rules to keep trains carrying crude oil from exploding

By Zack Colman
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Transportation Department floats rules to keep trains carrying crude oil from exploding

The Transportation Department floated new rules Wednesday designed to prevent trains carrying crude oil from exploding.

The effort is a response to a number of recent derailments and explosions that have increased partly because of booming oil production in the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana. The DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is investigating whether crude from that region is more flammable than other varieties.

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