ST. PAUL, Minn. – A railroad safety bill on the Minnesota Senate agenda took on urgency following the ethanol train wreck between Willmar and Granite falls. The bill offered by Rob Kupec, a Moorhead Democrat, specifies training protocols for rail workers and emergency response teams. Coincidentally the bill already was on the Senate Transportation Committee agenda the day after the evacuation at the fiery Burlington Northern derailment at Raymond. The bill passed the Transportation Committee and goes next to the Judiciary Committee.
Verbatim
Kupec: “Rail transportation and pipelines play an important role in our economy. We need to ensure that the Minnesota communities that they pass through have the proper knowledge and tools to protect life and property,”
Kupec. First-term senator.