D.C. Circuit rejects Union Pacific challenge to DOT flammable freight data disclosure rule

(Source: Reuters, March 18, 2020)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a bid by Union Pacific Railroad Company to invalidate a U.S. Department of Transportation safety rule that requires railroads to share with states and tribes information about trains passing through that carry highly-flammable liquids, rejecting claims that the rule insufficiently protects the data.

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