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Public Service Commission seeks limited confidentiality for rail safety investigation records
Summary
The Public Service Commission told the House Judiciary Committee it needs to protect certain rail inspection and investigation records so state inspectors can participate in NTSB investigations without disclosing precise defect locations or other sensitive details.
The North Dakota Public Service Commission asked the House Judiciary Committee to protect certain state rail-safety inspection and investigative records from routine public disclosure so state rail inspectors can fully participate in National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigations.
Conrad Crockford of the Public Service Commission’s compliance division told the committee that state rail safety inspectors inspect tracks, switches, rail cars and hazardous-material shipments and sometimes are the first inspectors on scene at a derailment or…
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