Legal Issues Concerning State and Local Authority to Restrict the Transportation of Hazardous Materials by Rail.

Provides overview of relevant Federal statutes with respect to the transportation of hazardous materials by rail, and discusses legal issues with respect to both Federal preemption of State laws and the dormant commerce clause.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States) Railroad accidents. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Provides overview of relevant Federal statutes with respect to the transportation of hazardous materials by rail, and discusses legal issues with respect to both Federal preemption of State laws and the dormant commerce clause.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.