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Committee weighs change to railroad-pipeline assessment split after pipeline industry testimony
Summary
Senate File 3161 would change how the annual assessment that funds railroad and pipeline safety programs is apportioned; pipeline industry representatives urged that pipeline funds be used for pipeline-specific safety and pointed to federal training grants and industry programs.
The Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee on April 7 reviewed Senate File 3161, a proposal to revise how the annual assessment that funds railroad and pipeline safety activities is allocated between railroads and pipeline operators.
Senator Kupik, the bill's author, told the committee the current statutory split assigns 70% of certain assessment costs to railroads and 30% to pipelines. "That is how it is written in the law," she said, and noted litigation by two major railroads…
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