The Honorable Edmund G.Brown, Jr., Governor of California State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sa ramento, C!

"#$1% Re: Moratorium on shipments of crude oil utilizing existing train tracks in CA until rail safety, including both tracks and tanker cars, is proven to be completely safe.

&ear Governor Brown, Train' have in rea'in(l) been u'ed to tran'port the oil from the new field' of Colorado, *)omin( and +orth &a,ota, in part a' a re'ult of dela)' in the approval of the -e)'tone ./ pipeline. !bout %00,000 arload' of rude oil traveled b) rail la't )ear to the nation1' refinerie', up from ",#00 in 200$, a ordin( to the !''o iation of !meri an 3ailroad'.456 There i' a propo'al urrentl) bein( reviewed for 'afet) to build a railroad terminal in 7itt'bur(, C! to re eive Ba,,en and po''ibl) other rude oil. 8n the ra e for profit' and ener() independen e, riti ' 'a) produ er' too, 'hort ut' to (et the oil to mar,et a' 9ui ,l) a' po''ible without wei(hin( the ha:ard' of train 'hipment'. Toda) about 2;3 of the produ tion in +orth &a,ota1' Ba,,en 'hale oil field ride' on rail' be au'e of a 'horta(e of pipeline'. Sin e <ar h there have been at lea't 10 lar(e rude 'pill' in the =nited State' and Canada be au'e of rail a ident'. /a't +ovember, the !''o iation of !meri an 3ailroad' 'aid it would 'upport re9uirin( that the "2,000 tan, ar' u'ed to tran'port flammable li9uid', in ludin( rude oil, be retrofitted with better 'afet) feature' or >a((re''ivel) pha'ed out.? The 3ailwa) Suppl) 8n'titute, whi h repre'ent' frei(ht ar owner', told re(ulator' three wee,' before the Ca''elton, +.&. a ident that e@i'tin( ar' >alread) provide 'ub'tantial prote tion in the event of a derailment? and 'u((e'ted minor modifi ation' to be pha'ed in over 10 )ear'. 8n a preliminar) report on Ca''elton, the +.T.S.B. 'aid 1$ of the 20 oil tan, ar' that derailed were pun tured. <u h of the oil 'pilled wa' in inerated b) the e@plo'ion', and 'ome 'oa,ed into nearb) orn field'. Crude oil produ ed in the Ba,,en appear' to be a lot more volatile than other (rade' of oil, 'omethin( that ould e@plain wh) the oil train' have had hu(e e@plo'ion'. Aar more to@i produ t' are 'hipped on train'. But tho'e produ t', li,e hlorine, are tran'ported in pre''uri:ed ve''el' de'i(ned to 'urvive an a ident. Crude oil, on the other hand, i' 'hipped in a t)pe of tan, ar that entered 'ervi e in 1"B% and that ha' been traditionall) u'ed for nonflammable ha:ardou' li9uid' li,e li9uid fertili:er'. Safet) offi ial' have warned for more than two de ade' that the'e ar' were un'uited to arr) flammable ar(o. !' )ou ,now, California value' prote tin( our environment and publi health and 'afet). Therefore, 8 re'pe tfull) re9ue't that )ou impo'e a moratorium on rude oil train 'hipment' in C! until 'u h 'hipment' are proven 'afe. Sin erel),