Ny Cities Update Emergency Plans To Deal With Oil Trains

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three years after the Port of Albany became a major hub for rail and barge shipments of highly flammable crude oil from North Dakota, emergency management officials are still grappling with training and response plans to deal with a potential disaster like the devastating derailment and explosion that killed 47 people in Quebec two summers ago. The Department of Environmental Conservation is working with local agencies in 21 counties along oil train routes to develop spill-response plans, determine where specialized equipment such as fire-suppressing foam and oil-absorbent booms and pumps should be pre-positioned, and train first responders. Global Partners and Buckeye Partners, fuel transport companies with large tank farms at the Port of Albany, have staged practice drills with first responders simulating oil tanker car fires and oil spills on the Hudson River.

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