Four northeastern US states are under emergency transport orders after an outage at one of the largest underground heating fuel storage facilities in the region threatened to disrupt deliveries during a severe cold snap.
The US Department of Transportation issued a declaration, effective Dec. 12, waiving regulations on how long drivers can be at the wheel without rest as they distribute propane to thousands of customers in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The governors of New Jersey and Pennsylvania already had waived state-level trucking restrictions, a common response to regional issues affecting the transport of commodities.
The ...