HB 2455 -- Rail Transport of Hazardous Materials

Sponsor:  Dusenberg

This bill requires railroad companies or corporations operating
in Missouri to provide the Missouri Emergency Response Commission
or other designees approved by the Governor with a monthly report
on the shipment of certain nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive
waste, class 1.1 or 1.2 explosives, and poisonous inhalation
hazards or anhydrous ammonia through the state.  Reports must
include the route of the shipment, railroad name, car initials
and number, container weight, and material being transported.
Reports are due within 60 days after the last day of the month
being reported.  Shipments of regulated materials moving less
than 10 miles are exempt from the reporting requirements.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm