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WATER IN WA N THE HE BLA LAST ZONE ONE Citizens Acting for Rail Safety- Twin Cities Fr Freight eight Trains ains, , @ Haz Hazar ardous dous Mat ater erials ials Trans anspor port Water Bar & & Ris isk k to o

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Citizens Acting for Rail Safety- Twin Cities @ Water Bar July 9, 2016 WA WATER IN N THE HE BLA LAST ZONE ONE

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Oil can sterilize, deform, or kill aquatic life. Ethanol is water soluble, de-

  • xygenates

water and can kill fish and plants.

The oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The deleterious after effects continue for more than 25 years. Over 250,000 birds and 3,000 sea otters were killed. Only 13 of the 32 monitored wildlife populations, habitats and resource services that were injured by the spill are fully “recovered.”

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/23/opinion/holleman-exxon-valdez-anniversary/

Daily the Twin Cities are threatened by an estimated 30 million gallons of toxic, flammable liquid transported by rail.

An average of 10 unit trains carrying oil or ethanol pass through the Twin Cities daily, crossing the Mississippi River and the Chain of

  • Lakes. These mile-long,

trains each carry about 3 million gallons.

These Orcas became sterile after exposure

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Vulnerable DOT-111 tanker-cars compose 90%

  • f North

America’s fleet. Newer CPC-1232 tanker-cars have not eliminated derailments, spills, and explosions.

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Cherry Valley,IL June 19, 2009 Ethanol unit train: 19 cars derail spilling 75,000 gallons, contaminating nearby rivers, and killing over 70,000 fish per NTSB report.

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Tiskilwa, IL Oct 7, 2011 Ethanol manifest train: 10 tank-cars derail spilling 162,000 gallons of ethanol contaminating soil and ground water per NTSB report.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/mar/06/illinois-oil-train-derailment-involved-safer-tank/

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Lac-Mégantic July 6, 2013 Bakken oil unit train: 64 cars derail spilling 1.6 million gallons per NTSB report, causing contamination

  • f the

Chaudier River.

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Chaudière River, Quebec After three years, 50% of fish have tumors, lesions & deformities.

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Aliceville, AL Nov 8, 2013 Bakken oil unit train: 26 cars derail in wetlands spilling 749,000

  • gallons. NTSB

report not yet issued.

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Lynchburg,VA April 30, 2014 Bakken oil unit train: 16 cars derail spilling 30,000 gallons in the Lynchburg River per NTSB report.

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Lynchburg,VA 27,000 gallons

  • f oil burned &

390 gallons flowed down river.

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Dubuque, IA Feb 5, 2015 Ethanol unit train: 11 cars derail spilling 55,000 gallons in Mississippi

  • River. NTSB

report not yet issued.

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  • Mt. Carbon,WV

Feb 15, 2015 Ethanol unit train: 28 cars derail spilling 50,000 gallons contaminating the Kanawha

  • River. NTSB

report not yet issued.

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Alma, WI Nov 8, 2015 Ethanol unit train: 32 cars derail spilling

  • ver 20,000

gallons in the Mississippi

  • River. NTSB

report not yet issued.

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Mosier, OR June 4, 2016 Bakken oil unit train: 16 cars derail spilling 42,000 gallons, contaminating the Columbia River and the town’s sewer

  • system. Local

aquifers were depleted by efforts to cool burning oil cars.