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    Congress of the United States ‘Bouse of Representatives: Washington, DE 20515-1317 Sune 2, 2015 Emest Moniz ‘Anthony Foxx USS. Secretary of Energy US, Secretary of Transportation 1000 Indopendoace Avenue, SW 1200 New Jersey Avent, SE ‘Washington, DC 20585 ‘Washington, DC 20590 Dear Secretary Foxx and Secretary Moniz: ‘We wt today to sk that you expedite the development of minimum volatility or stabilization standards for crude oil ansported by ra inthe United States. We appreciate the cease ofthe High Hazardous Flammable Tran (HHT) Rule that took place on Friday, May Ist that addresses some important safety issues relate to the transportation of crude; however, we have serious consems thet this rule didnot address whether energy producers should be required to remove more ofthe volatile gases the oll has when extracted from the ground. While thee has ‘ben ation on the sate level require producers to reduce some ofthese gases before they load the «nude into rail tankers, we believe this ation doesn’ go far enough and that there should be a national standard ‘Unt just a few years ago, our nation’s railroads transported very litle crude ol. Now, in part dv othe ‘boom incl roduetin from the Bakken formation in North Dakota nd othe reas, approximately 1.1 rillion barrels ae transported by ral inthe United States each dy. Last year, the Pipeline and Hazardous “Materials Safety Administation (PHMSA) conducted tests on Bakken crude and found it to have a higher degree of volatility than most ther U.S. erudes. Inligh of several high-profile accidents involving cars carrying crude oil ~ including a recent derailment tnd explosion of tanker cars eurying crue olin Galena, Ilinois and another near Heimdal, Noth ‘Dakota communities are becoming increasingly concerned about the safe movement of ered, and with ‘god reason. The Center for Biological Diversity estimates that 25 million Americans lve within the one Ile evacuation one that the JS. Department of Transportation (DOT) recommends should fiery oil tein derailment occur, “Therefore, we urge both DOT andthe Department of Energy (DOE) to wor together to develop new regulations to adres the stabilization of crude ol. There shouldbe an intensive, independent study in conjunction with experts in paroleum and hazardous materials chemistry to determine what actions need | fortake place to inerease safety for al, has been reported that DOE isin the early stages of conducting a review on questions about the makeup ‘of Bakken ertde and ther sro time to waste. Iti critical this issue be studied and standards be

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