Just so folks have a better understanding, what are some of those improvements to safety that this includes? So wayside defect detectors which could have prevented what happened in East Palestine, that that kind of derailment, Better notifications for communities when the hazardous materials are being shipped through. Changing the rules. So the Department of Transportation can add materials like vinyl chloride for instance, which was involved in East Palestine to the definition of a high hazard flammable … (23:15–23:21)
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