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April 15, 2015
OLYMPIA (AP) — The state House has passed its version of a bill to impose new safety regulations oil trains that travel through Washington.
Senate Bill 5057 passed on a 58-40 vote Tuesday and modifies a bill that cleared the Senate in March. The Senate version extended a barrel tax on oil that enters Washington by train, but exempted oil that travels via pipelines. It created a requirement for the Department of Ecology to review oil-spill response plans, set up a grant program for local emergency response and convened a panel on whether oil ships on the Columbia River and in Grays Harbor need tug escorts.
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