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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 Increased oil shipments mean new inspectors and other states, and states can also siJn aJreements Zith the federal aJency so that local inspectors can also enforce federal railroad laZs. The neZ inspectors are JoinJ throuJh e[tensive classroom and ¿ eld traininJ and must be certi¿ ed by the )ederal 5ailroad Administra tion before they can conduct inspections alone, accord inJ to 2D2T. John John son, manaJer of rail safety for 2D2T, said the aJency started hirinJ the additional inspectors in 0ay. “We plan to have them certi¿ ed by the ¿ rst of the year,” Johnson said. )ormer *ov. John .itzhaber reTuested the ad ditional inspectors last year, and Johnson said 2D2T ¿ nally hired them after com pletinJ a process to transfer vacant Mobs from other aJen cies to the transportation de partment. The neZ inspectors Zill beJin Zork at a time Zhen thousands of carloads of oil still enter the state each year, althouJh the shipments ap pear to have leveled off as oil prices dropped. %urlinJton 1orthern 6anta )e 5ailZay and 8nion 3acif ic trains carried , car loads of crude oil, natural Jas and natural Jasoline on 2re Jon rail lines in , a percent increase from , carloads in , accordinJ to data from 2D2T. &rude By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau 6A/(0 ² 2reJon Zill haYe four neZ railroad in spectors by January to check tracks, hazardous materials shipments and railroad com panies¶ compliance Zith oth er federal reJulations. The neZ hires Zill brinJ the total number of state rail Zay inspectors to . There are also nine )ederal 5ail road Administration inspec tors in 2reJon. The 2reJon Department of Transportation hired the compliance specialists in response to concerns about increased crudebyrail ship ments throuJh 2reJon and several oil train derailments and e[plosions elseZhere in the 8nited 6tates and &ana da. 0ichael /anJ, conserva tion director for )riends of the &olumbia *orJe, said the addition of neZ inspectors is a positive development. )riends of the &olumbia *orJe has raised concerns about increased oilbyrail shipments throuJh the JorJe and elseZhere in 2reJon. ³:e celebrate havinJ more inspectors,´ /anJ said. ³,t Zon¶t solve the problem obviously, but it’s important to have inspectors.” 2reJon’s rail inspection proJram is voluntary. The )ederal 5ailroad Administra tion has inspectors in 2reJon CAPITAL THE BUREAU oil accounts for the majority of that ¿ Jure and althouJh ODOT does not yet have data for , convention Zisdom is that oil shipments throuJh OreJon declined this year, accordinJ to aJency spokes Zoman 6helley 6noZ. A different metric, reports that railZays ¿ led Zith the 6tate )ire 0arshal’s Of¿ ce, shoZed the short line 3ort land and Western 5ailroad e[pected to move feZer larJe shipments of oil this year from 1orth Dakota’s %akken formation throuJh 0ultnomah and &olumbia counties to the 3ort West Zard e[port terminal near &latskanie. ,n June , the railroad told the state it e[pected three trains per Zeek Zith at least million Jallons of 1orth Da kota crude, the equivalent of appro[imately tank cars, to move throuJh the coun ties. %y )ebruary, the rail road loZered the Zeekly es timate to a ranJe of zero to three trains per Zeek. The reports provide only a partial picture of oil ship ments, because the 8.6. De partment of Transportation only requires the reports for %akken oilbyrail shipments million Jallons or larJer and railZays only ¿ le the reports ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Clear 47° Tuesday The Dalles 48/76 Astoria 47/66 Portland 48/72 Corvallis 42/74 Eugene 42/73 Pendleton 48/75 Sept. 18, 2015 WI/D(5, &harles +arbi son “&harlie,” , of Astoria, died in Astoria. +uJhes5an som 0ortuary is in charJe of the arranJements. Ontario 46/84 Bend 40/73 Wednesday Partly sunny Burns 38/80 Klamath Falls 39/80 46° Thursday 50° Friday Partly sunny 70° 68° 54° Mainly cloudy with a little rain 65° 50° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High ........................................... 68° Low ............................................ 57° Normal high ............................... 67° Normal low ................................. 49° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.10" Month to date .......................... 1.88" Normal month to date ............. 1.26" Year to date ........................... 30.99" Normal year to date .............. 39.36" Sunset tonight .................. 7:16 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .............. 7:02 a.m. Moonrise today ................ 2:54 p.m. Moonset today ........................ none Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 75 38 s 74 40 s 69 51 s 74 42 s 63 53 s 83 39 s 86 50 s 65 45 s 68 50 s National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 82 66 c Boston 66 57 s Chicago 71 50 s Denver 89 54 s Des Moines 79 62 s Detroit 72 50 s El Paso 79 65 c Fairbanks 44 28 c Honolulu 87 78 pc Indianapolis 75 50 s Kansas City 79 65 s Las Vegas 99 74 pc Los Angeles 89 71 c Memphis 85 60 s Miami 88 76 pc Nashville 80 54 pc New Orleans 84 72 pc New York 73 61 pc Oklahoma City 86 66 pc Philadelphia 74 62 pc St. Louis 79 59 s Salt Lake City 84 60 s San Francisco 83 58 pc Seattle 66 48 pc Washington, DC 72 61 sh First Full Last New Sep 21 Sep 27 Oct 4 Oct 12 Under the Sky Tues. Hi Lo W 78 37 s 73 38 s 68 50 s 73 40 s 62 50 pc 80 37 s 82 47 s 63 46 pc 64 46 s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 68 39 pc 75 48 s 72 48 s 77 49 pc 74 45 s 64 50 s 70 46 s 70 45 s 79 40 s Tues. Hi Lo W 67 40 pc 75 47 s 72 48 pc 77 45 s 72 44 pc 63 48 pc 72 46 pc 70 44 pc 78 41 pc Tonight's Sky: The fi rst quarter moon at 11:41 p.m. PDT, is half way between the new and full moon. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 9:25 a.m. 6.0 ft. 8:33 p.m. 7.4 ft. Time 2:39 a.m. 2:46 p.m. Low 0.8 ft. 3.0 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Tues. Hi Lo W 81 65 c 68 54 c 76 55 s 84 53 pc 84 65 pc 75 53 s 83 66 t 42 24 c 88 78 pc 79 54 s 85 66 pc 89 70 r 84 68 t 87 62 s 87 75 s 84 57 s 87 73 s 75 60 c 89 66 pc 76 57 c 84 61 s 86 62 c 68 56 s 65 47 pc 76 60 c The state paid for the neZ hazardous materials inspector to travel to 1orth Dakota to observe hoZ oil shipments oriJinate in the state. Johnson said the Joal of the trip Zas for the in spector to “have an idea Zhat concerns Ze miJht be lookinJ at over in this state.” Annual salaries for rail inspectors ranJe from near ly , to appro[imately ,, accordinJ to ODOT. “We don’t rush them into JettinJ their certi¿ cations,” Johnson said. “We Zant to make sure they’re fully com pliant and able to do the job so Ze knoZ Ze have safe railroads in OreJon.” Sept. 19, 2015 5I&+T(5, Dorothy Anne, , of Ocean 3ark, Wash., died in Ocean 3ark. Ocean 9ieZ )uneral &remation 6ervice in Astoria is in charJe of the arranJements. 0O5*A1, Jade 0arie, , of Astoria, died as a result of a car accident near Astoria. Ocean 9ieZ )uneral &remation 6er vice in Astoria is in charJe of the arranJements. p.m., JeZell 6chool library, OreJon +iJhZay . Federal Energy Regu- latory Commission, p.m., public comment meetinJ, Or eJon /1*, &latsop &ounty )airJrounds, Walluski /oop. Seaside City Council, Zorkshop, p.m., &ity +all, %roadZay. Astoria City Council, p.m., &ity +all, Duane 6t. Public meetings Clouds limiting sun Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 66° Oregon Department of Transportation Chris Kuenzi, a hazardous materials specialist with the Oregon Department of Transportation, demonstrates how he inspects service valves on a tank car. ODOT hired four additional rail inspectors starting in May in response to concerns about increased oil-by-rail shipments. The new employees are in training and could be ready to begin in- specting rail operations in January. Deaths Salem 45/72 Albany 43/72 Medford 50/82 Zhen the volume increases or decreases percent from the previous report. /anJ said he e[pects the amount of oil shipped on trains throuJh the &olum bia 5iver JorJe and entire 1orthZest reJion Zill only increase in the future. +e cit ed a report by the 6iJhtline ,nstitute that there are e[ istinJ or planned e[port ter minals and re¿ neries in Ore Jon and WashinJton, plus the potential for a neZ oil termi nal in /onJvieZ, Wash. “+onestly, in the foresee able future, Ze don’t see siJ ni¿ cant decreases in the con sumption of oil,” /anJ said. ODOT Zanted inspectors Zho have prior e[perience ZorkinJ Zith trains, and one inspector is a former railroad Jeneral manaJer. Another is a former assistant Jeneral manaJer of a railroad, the third has years of e[peri ence enforcinJ federal track reJulations at a transit aJen cy, and the fourth inspector Zas previously a city ¿ re marshal. “,t’s a hiJhlevel position, so Ze e[pect a lot of back Jround e[perience before Ze alloZ them out in the ¿ eld,” Johnson said. It can take more than a year for railroad inspectors to obtain federal certi¿ cation. The neZ hires’ previous e[ perience Zith trains “aided us in reducinJ the time it takes to Jet them throuJh the on the job traininJ schedule,” Johnson said. The )ederal 5ailroad Administration paid for the neZ state inspectors to attend outofstate classes, and the inspectors have shad oZed both state and federal inspectors in the ¿ eld. Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Rain Flurries Snow Ice Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain sf-snow flurries sn-snow i-ice Pau l Joh n H ayn er, M .D . Board -C ertified In tern al M ed icin e 1406 M D RIVE 97103 (503) 325-0505 A RIN E A STO RIA , O R drhayner.com I N NETWORK WITH THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE PLANS : MONDAY Federal Energy Regu- latory Commission, p.m., public comment meetinJ, Or eJon /1*, &latsop &ounty )airJrounds, Walluski /oop. Knappa School Board, p.m., .nappa +iJh 6chool library, Old 8.6. +iJhZay . Jewell School Board, TUESDAY Clatsop Care Health Dis- trict Board, noon, &latsop &are &enter, th 6t. Astoria Library Board, p.m., Astoria 3ublic /i brary )laJ 5oom, th 6t. Seaside Airport Advisory Committee, p.m., &ity +all, %roadZay. Lotteries OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 4 p.m.: 7 p.m.: 10 p.m.: Saturday’s Megabucks: (stimated jackpot mil lion. Saturday’s Powerball: , 3oZerball (stimated jackpot million. 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