Montana’s Public Service Commission will complete in six months a rail safety risk assessment and plan after a report criticized the agency for not having one.
Last fall’s report from the Legislative Audit Division faulted the Public Service Commission for not identifying rail safety risks, not having a plan, not having enough inspectors to adequately cover the state and not participating in regional safety issues. The report said the only rail safety goal the Public Service Commission seemed to have was meeting a minimum number of track inspections each year.
The completion of the rail safety plan by November would give Montana time to request money from the 2017 Legislature for more inspectors, if necessary.
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