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Various states have pretty strict (including criminal laws) re littering and securing loads on vehicles. Montana does not. Linked are some examples that mostly
by fblp 3y ago
Various states have pretty strict (including criminal laws) re littering and securing loads on vehicles. Montana does not.
Linked are some examples that mostly apply to vehicles on highways but some apply to trains. Montana doesn't seem to have rules for trains, and even for trucks carrying agricultural produce and fertilizer seem to be exempt from littering laws.
There are also environmental protection laws that may apply.
So this seems like an issue that could be prevented by introducing littering laws / secure loads that apply in other states.
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- gosub100 3y agoThe railroad owns the property on which they operate their trains. I don't think that spilling grain on your own property constitutes littering.
- malfist 3y agoI don't believe they do. The article mentions the trains are running through national parks.
- gosub100 3y agoThat's called an easement. I'd rather talk about what it effectively means, rather than the semantics of the word "own".
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agois it an easement or do they own the land? It's not clear to me which is correct although I WOULD expect it to be an easement. I wonder if it's both depending on where it's at.
- dboreham 3y agoThese trains come from other states and are going to other states so I doubt MT regulations are the root cause.