Lac-Mégantic Quebec

August 2013 – Announcements of Proposed Rules, Changes to the Rules, and Final Rules for RCRA and the HMR

On its website the US Government Printing Office makes a wealth of Federal publications available for review and download; one of these is the Federal Register. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the…

Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Train Derailment of July 6, 2013

According to Rail Safety Advisory Letters issued by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on July 19, 2013, the incident is summarized as follows. At approximately 10:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on July 5, 2013, MMA train 2 was proceeding eastward from Montreal,…