A new federal rule is enacting stricter spill response regulations for oil trains. The rule affects the crude oil trains that pass through Genesee County regularly on the CSX railroad. It specifically requires railroads to establish geographic response zones along affected routes while ensuring personnel and equipment are staged and prepared to respond in the event of an accident. Railroads are also required to identify the person responsible for each response zone, along with the organization, personnel, and equipment capable of removing and mitigating a worst-case discharge. Information about the trains must be provided to state and tribal emergency response commissions. The rule applies to trains hauling petroleum oil in a block of 20 or more loaded tank cars or those that have a total of 35 loaded petroleum oil tank cars.