Port of Kalama Rail Expansion and Newsom Urges E15 Approval
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**The Federal Railroad Administration announced the Port of Kalama in Washington state was awarded over $26 million for a rail expansion project.
The Port of Kalama and the Tacoma Export Marketing Company are expanding the rail unloading and staging infrastructure at the terminal.
The facility routinely experiences significant delays when unloaded trains remain stationery and railroad companies can’t quickly move the cars elsewhere.
The expansion is estimated to increase efficiency by 25-30%.
**The Renewable Fuels Association applauded California Governor Gavin Newsom for directing the state’s Air Resources Board to expedite approval of E15 in the state.
California is currently the only state that doesn’t allow the sale of lower-cost, low-carbon E15.
In a letter to the California Air Resources Board, Newsome cited a recent study that showed E15 could result in a twenty cents per gallon price decrease for fuel, saving California families up to $2.7 billion per year.
**Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the form of the H5N1 virus found in an Oregon pig differs from the viruses found in dairy cattle and poultry.
USDA communications chief Cathy Cochran tells Agri-Pulse the strain found in the Oregon pig "is not the strain that’s
been found in dairy cattle and other poultry facilities."
She says the virus is consistent with other strains associated with wild birds.
