{"id":1848843,"date":"2023-02-16T06:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T11:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848843"},"modified":"2023-02-16T06:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T11:38:56","slug":"in-face-of-criticism-buttigieg-blames-trump-for-ohio-train-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-face-of-criticism-buttigieg-blames-trump-for-ohio-train-derailment\/","title":{"rendered":"In Face of Criticism, Buttigieg Blames Trump for Ohio Train Derailment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-face-of-criticism-buttigieg-blames-trump-for-ohio-train-derailment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pete-buttigieg-brought-husband-chasten-military-aircraft-attend-sporting-event-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary<\/a> Trump&#8217;s reversal of a lesser-known safety rule has been a part of the blame in the derailment of a train transporting toxic chemicals in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Buttigieg pointed out Tuesday evening that his agency has taken a number of steps to improve safety on the rails. &#8220;historic investments,&#8221; But it claimed that it was restricted by Trump administration actions. 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pete-buttigieg-regularly-consults-dark-money-funded-green-groups-calendar-entries-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Transportation (DOT).<\/a> A rule that required trains transporting certain chemicals to use electronic controlled pneumatic (ECP brakes) was withdrawn three years ago. The technology&#8217;s benefits were not conclusive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the wake of the East Palestine derailment and its impact on hundreds of residents, we\u2019re seeing lots of newfound or renewed (and welcome) interest in our work on rail safety, so I wanted to share more about what we\u2019ve been doing in this area,&#8221; Buttigieg tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re constrained by law on some areas of rail regulation (like the braking rule withdrawn by the Trump administration in 2018 because of a law passed by Congress in 2015), but we are using the powers we do have to keep people safe,&#8221; The transportation secretary was added. &#8220;And of course, I\u2019m always ready to work with Congress on furthering (or in some cases, restoring) our capacity to address rail safety issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ohio-train-derailment-adds-buttigiegs-growing-list-slow-responses-waited-10-days-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT ADDS ON BUTTIGIEG\u2019S GROWING LIST of SLOW RESPONSES, AFTER HE WAITED 10 DAYS FOR ADDRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1325469393-e1644428681450.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden, left, selected Pete Buttigieg to lead the Department of Transportation early in his presidency.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Biden (left) selected Pete Buttigieg as the Department of Transportation&#8217;s leader early in his presidency.<\/span> <span>(\u00a0Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A train carrying vinyl chloride (a deadly colorless gas) was transported by Norfolk Southern Railroad on Feb. 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ohio-train-derailment-rep-omar-calls-direct-action-buttigieg-vance-many-questions-remain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbiana County Ohio, derailed<\/a>It is located at the Ohio-Pennsylvania frontier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pete-buttigieg-flies-taxpayer-funded-private-jets-flight-data-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>PETE BUTTIGIEG FEELS TAXPAYER FUNDED PRIVATE JETS. FLIGHT DATA SHOW<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Southern released the gas from the derailed vehicles shortly after the incident. It could potentially release deadly fumes into air and prevent an explosion. Residents were advised to leave the area but told that they could return on February 9.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from Ohio, Norfolk Southern, and the Environmental Protection Agency conducted air monitoring in eastern Ohio. They reported that the results were positive. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ohio-train-derailment-officials-say-air-monitoring-shows-levels-safe-chemical-questions-abound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The air is safe to inhale<\/a>. Experts and locals worry that it would be unsafe to return to the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/ohio_derailment.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"People living near the site of an Ohio train derailment that resulted in the controlled release of toxic chemicals fear returning home.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Residents living close to the Ohio train derailment site that led to the controlled release toxic chemicals fear returning home.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The railroad company is responsible for this and for these people who went back to their homes,&#8221; Fox News spoke to Sil Caggiano, who is a local hazardous material specialist. &#8220;Their homes should have been tested. Their homes should have been cleaned. From the onset, these people were being marginalized in an effort to mitigate this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This really looks like a nuclear winter,&#8221; He concluded. &#8220;Pretty much, yeah, we nuked this town with chemicals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/buttigieg-battered-crises-first-two-years-transportation-secretary-prime-example-failing-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BUTTIGIEG BATTERED BY THE CRISES IN FIRST TWO ANNUAL YEARS AS TRANSPORTATION SPECIALARY: &#8216;PRIME ELEMENT OF FAILING TO UP&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/pete-buttigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buttigieg is being blasted in the meantime<\/a> His slow response to the derailment. He waited 10 business days before addressing the problem, promising to &#8220;use all relevant authorities to ensure accountability and continue to support safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s rule-change Buttigieg was partly to blame after Congress passed the Fixing America\u2019s Surface Transport Act, which former President Barack Obama signed in December 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Government Publishing Office, the legislation created a new process for the DOT, which included independent study and testing. This was to be used in the development of an updated regulatory impact analysis. 2018 was the DOT&#8217;s statement that ECP brake requirements are not likely to prove cost-effective in any scenario.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When [the National Transportation Safety Board] completes its investigation of the cause of the derailment, which is still being investigated, [the Federal Railroad Administration] and [the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration] will look to the investigation results and use all relevant authorities to ensure accountability and improve safety,&#8221; Fox News Digital was informed Wednesday by a spokesperson for the DOT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the rule, in 2015, Republicans in the House and Senate required a cost-benefit analysis that allowed for the Trump administration to repeal the rule in 2017 and now makes it challenging to reinstate the rule in its previous configuration \u2014 due to threats of litigation and opposition in Congress,&#8221; The statement was continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the 2015 rule was issued, the rule including the RIA was challenged in 5 different Federal Circuits, and Congress quickly moved to vitiate the rule, making it more difficult under the Administrative Procedure Act to revisit the basis for advancing a rule. However, pending the results of the investigation into the derailment, FRA and PHMSA will evaluate action to prevent this from happening again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Thomas Catenacci writes about politics for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary Trump&#8217;s reversal of a lesser-known safety rule has been a part of the blame in the derailment of a train transporting toxic chemicals in Ohio. 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