Posted on May 20, 2023
california-officials-trying-to-track-down-missing-30-ton-shipment-of-explosive-chemicals
874
4
3
2
2
0
Some 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as both fertilizer and a component in explosives, went missing as it was shipped by rail from Wyoming to California last month, prompting four separate investigations.
A railcar loaded with 30 tons of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12. The car was found to be empty after it arrived two weeks later at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert, according to a short incident report from the explosives firm that made the shipment.
The company, Dyno Nobel, made the report May 10 to the federal National Response Center, or NRC. The report also appeared last week in an NRC database of California incidents managed by the state Office of Emergency Services last Wednesday.
A railcar loaded with 30 tons of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12. The car was found to be empty after it arrived two weeks later at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert, according to a short incident report from the explosives firm that made the shipment.
The company, Dyno Nobel, made the report May 10 to the federal National Response Center, or NRC. The report also appeared last week in an NRC database of California incidents managed by the state Office of Emergency Services last Wednesday.
california-officials-trying-to-track-down-missing-30-ton-shipment-of-explosive-chemicals
Posted from kqed.orgPosted in these groups: 
Chemicals
State of Wyoming
State of California
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Railroad
Chemicals State of Wyoming State of California Cheyenne Union Pacific Railroad
Posted 1 y ago
Responses: 2
1
1
0
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) Praying, Hoping that all the Railroad Tracks between Point A and Point B are well Fertilized Otherwise this could be Worse.
(0)
(0)
1
1
0
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."A Federal Railroad Administration representative, though, says the investigation points to one of the hopper car gates not being properly closed.
Sponsored
Dyno Nobel says the trip lasted two weeks and included multiple stops. The company says it had “limited control” over the railcar as Union Pacific moved it through the country. It says the railcar is being transported back to Wyoming for inspection. And it says it hopes to understand how the shipment was lost and will work to prevent something similar happening again.
The Federal Railroad Administration, the California Public Utilities Commission, Union Pacific and Dyno Nobel are investigating the incident, according to their representatives.
Congress passed a law in 2007 to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate to prevent its use in acts of terrorism. The Department of Homeland Security issued proposed regulations in 2011 (PDF) but stopped short of formally adopting them."
..."A Federal Railroad Administration representative, though, says the investigation points to one of the hopper car gates not being properly closed.
Sponsored
Dyno Nobel says the trip lasted two weeks and included multiple stops. The company says it had “limited control” over the railcar as Union Pacific moved it through the country. It says the railcar is being transported back to Wyoming for inspection. And it says it hopes to understand how the shipment was lost and will work to prevent something similar happening again.
The Federal Railroad Administration, the California Public Utilities Commission, Union Pacific and Dyno Nobel are investigating the incident, according to their representatives.
Congress passed a law in 2007 to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate to prevent its use in acts of terrorism. The Department of Homeland Security issued proposed regulations in 2011 (PDF) but stopped short of formally adopting them."
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google