Salmon Arm Observer, September 26, 2014

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Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 25 No. 39 Sept. 26, 2014

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Hazardous goods: local governments cite the need for improved communication. By Lachlan Labere

an unattended freight train in LacMégantic on July 6, 2013. The accident resulted in explosions killing 47 people and destroying 40 buildings. Since then, local governments, including Salmon Arm and Sicamous council, have expressed an interest in knowing what’s being shipped in the hundreds of railcars that come through their communities on a daily basis. Sicamous council has been particularly vocal as of late, calling for greater transparency and co-operation from rail operator, CP Rail.

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A recent derailment in Revelstoke has further emphasized the need for more co-operation and communication betwee local governments, emergency service providers and a rail company that operates in the region. Awareness, or a lack thereof, of what’s being transported on Canada’s rail network came to the forefront among local governments following the disastrous derailment of

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“Right now, CP seems to be giving us very little information as to what’s coming through our communities,” commented Coun. Terry Rysz. “In investigating this, they claim they don’t want to give out too much information because of the possibility of terrorist attacks. I kind of feel that’s a bit of a cop-out. “I feel we should have a manifest of some sort so that we know what the hell is going through here. We couldn’t deal with that for every train, because there’s a train coming through every 20 minutes. But

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we should have some sort of general idea.” Furthermore, if a derailment should occur within the district, be it hazardous or benign, Rysz argues the municipality and its emergency responders should be at the top of CP’s “to-call” list. “CP Rail should inform, immediately, the nearby communities if there’s a derailment of some sort, whether it’s serious or not serious. See Response on page 2

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