Shippers Challenge BNSF Coal Dust Fees
October 15, 2012 – Electric Coop Today
Electric cooperatives and other coal shippers say freight railroads are trying to sidestep a regulatory ruling and make them pay tens of millions of dollars to control coal dust from rail cars. Shippers are challenging a July 2011 tariff that requires shippers from coal mines in Wyoming and Montana to slash dust residue by 85 percent, mostly by treating coal with a chemical spray. The coal shippers claim that railroad studies supporting the effectiveness of chemical treatments were predicated on faulty and arbitrary testing. To read the full article, click on the link below:
