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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
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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
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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.
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