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The Number of Safer Rail Tank Cars Continued to Increase in 2023

Key Points: •All jacketed (a layer of thermal insulation) and non-jacketed DOT-111 and non-jacketed CPC1232 tank cars that carried ethanol met the May 1 and July 1, 2023, phaseout deadlines. •Nearly all cars that carried either crude oil or ethanol met DOT-117 specifications. Jacketed CPC...

Tank Car Data Collection Program

Section 7308 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P. L. 114-94; December 4, 2015) requires the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to assemble and collect data on rail tank cars transporting Class 3 flammable liquids. The objective of this legislation is to track the...