A week after an oil-tanker train exploded in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, leaving as many as 60 people presumed dead or missing, Maine U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud on Thursday called for a federal investigation into the safety of the infrastructure used to transport crude oil and gas by rail through Maine. […]
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Maine DEP investigating why Pan Am stopped paying monthly oil shipping fees
AUGUSTA — As revenue to a state oil spill clean-up fund shrivels, officials are investigating why Pan Am Railways has not paid the legally required monthly fees into that fund for crude oil the company has shipped over Maine rails. Every company that ships crude oil or refined petroleum products through Maine is required to […]
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Maine DEP says Pan Am behind on paying oil shipping fees
AUGUSTA — As revenue to a state oil spill clean-up fund shrivels, officials are investigating why Pan Am Railways has not paid the legally required monthly fees into that fund for crude oil the company has shipped over Maine rails. Every company that ships crude oil or refined petroleum products through Maine is required to […]
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Protestors want to halt oil shipments in Maine
HERMON — Environmental activists demanded a halt to all Maine oil tanker traffic until state rail safety improves during a protest Monday at a freight hauler that owns the runaway train that destroyed much of a Quebec town. Saying that a surge in tankers on state rails was overwhelming an already stressed railroad infrastructure, the […]
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Dozens still missing after Quebec oil train fire
Franklin County crews respond About 30 people from six Franklin Country fire departments are helping to battle the Quebec fire sparked early Saturday by the derailment of a train carrying crude oil. “It’s been busy,” said Franklin County Emergency Management Agency Director Tim Hardy Saturday evening. “There’s a lot of damage, a lot of destruction. […]