BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A local official is calling for new language in rules regulating heavy industry at Cherry Point in the wake of last week’s oil train derailment.
Whatcom County Councilman Rud Browne told the Bellingham Herald he wants wording that would protect local governments from liability in the event of future derailments.
He pointed to the 2013 oil train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec which resulted in the death of 47 and the destruction of 30 buildings.
Browne says “If you don’t know who’s going to pay the bill, then the answer is us.”