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On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will hold an unusual field hearing in East Palestine, Ohio, to release its accident investigation report on last year’s derailment.
These accident investigation board meetings usually occur in Washington. The NTSB is certainly hoping to make a splash more than 16 months after the incident — and with the Department of Transportation having jumped ahead with regulatory actions that may or may not be relevant to improving rail safety.
Congress, meanwhile, is also locked in negotiations about what steps it can take this year.
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