by KEN PATRICK
newpylong: the pleadings in grafton v. g&urr are germane in this issue. You should advise town mgmt of this case. I believe a decision is soon. However, as i have opined , federal pre-emption does not cover transloading facilities. Transloading must comply with town by-laws. The federal legislation is generalized to 'railroad operations'. The grafton facility would hold 320,000 gals of propane. STB has another g&urr case involving wood pellets. The plaintiffs have added a washington heavy-hitter railroad lawyer to their case. My read is the lawyer would not get involved unless optimistic that this case presents STB with the chance to finally define what congress failed to do. ken patrick