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a summary of
facility and
situation follow. Michigan Rail and Storage
not own any of the products it handles. The customers
which products to send and when. MRS does not have control over when or where
places railcars or how the product arrives. The condition of the product cannot
until opening the car. Clearly, this puts MRS in a vulnerable position if
the
upon arrival.
August,
facility received numerous railcar loads that contained
product. This type of car, while rare, can occur in the warm weather
if loaded hot. To receive this many "hot" cars was unprecedented. The
cars
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this, so MRS became their final destination. In what
wrong events
at
were
same
and
from
been resolved
"hot
cars. At one
was a
company
and Storage has
it was up to
out to
plant), that owns
customer
product.
with the plant that produces the material that we will not
forwarded a copy of
DEQ letter to convey
product was causing. This company assures us that going
product. The plant
in the
it loads the cars. Several cars that have arrived since receiving that
"good." While we cannot anticipate every possible situation,
not own or determine which commodities ship, we think that this will
in the event that, at some point in the future, another "off-spec" hot car
arrive at our facility, we will be flooding the car's compartments with
as soon as we are able. In the rare event that it reignites, we
was an attempt made to protect the valuable product
forward
will not be the case.
was unfortunate for our neighbors, it was also an unpleasant situation for
assistance provided by the DEQ and hope that going forward
ensure
we do not encounter
nature
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