Presentation on Crude Oil to Ulster County Legislature

When:

May 20, 2014: 7:00PM to 8:00PM

Where:

Legislative Chambers, 6th Floor, Ulster County Office Building, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, NY map

Riverkeeper will present information about the risks associated with crude oil transportation in the Hudson Valley at a meeting of the Ulster Count Legislature.

The Legislature is considering two resolutions which would support Riverkeeper’s calls for a federal ban on the use of faulty DOT-111 cars to transport crude oil by rail, and for state comprehensive environmental studies of the impacts of expanding oil terminals in Albany and New Windsor.

The presentation by Katherine Hudson, Riverkeeper Watershed Program Director, is scheduled for 7 p.m. The vote will come later in the session.