{"id":63389,"date":"2022-08-28T06:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T11:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63389"},"modified":"2022-08-28T06:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T11:37:42","slug":"department-of-transportation-declares-regional-emergency-following-bp-refinery-fire-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63389","title":{"rendered":"Department of Transportation declares regional emergency following BP refinery fire in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Department of Transportation declares regional emergency following BP refinery fire in Indiana<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n
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A Department of Transportation agency\u00a0declared a regional energy emergency<\/a>\u00a0for four Midwestern states on Saturday after a fire at an oil refinery in Indiana forced the facility to shut down.<\/p>\n

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration made the declaration to address the need for the immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

The declaration allows the states to be exempt from certain federal regulations to manage the emergency.<\/p>\n

It will permit motor carriers and drivers providing direct, related assistance to the impacted states not to abide by regulations setting a maximum driving time.<\/p>\n

The declaration states that drivers are required to take a 10-hour break\u00a0when moving from emergency relief efforts to normal operations if the total amount of time they engage in emergency relief efforts exceeds 14 hours. This regulation also applies if the total amount of time combined from emergency relief and normal operations exceeds 14 hours.<\/p>\n

Reuters\u00a0reported on Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0that BP shut down some of its units at its Whiting, Ind., refinery due to an electrical fire. The fire was extinguished, and the company said it was deciding when the affected units would restart.<\/p>\n

There were no injuries. The refinery handles more than 430,000 barrels per day, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

It provides about 20 to 25 percent of the refined gas, diesel and jet fuel that the four states collectively use.<\/p>\n

Whiting is located on Lake Michigan, near the state\u2019s border with Illinois.<\/p>\n