Members of the Government Operations and Audit Committee of the South Dakota Legislature directed questions and complaints about operations on the state-owned rail system to Transportation Department Secretary Darin Bergquist.

Representative Susan Wismer of Britton says they haven’t had the response they were expecting……

Bergquist told the committee they have to defer to federal rail regulators…

Dakota Southern was flagged for parking loaded butane cars near Kimball without notifying the state or county.

Bergquist says his department responds to any complaints they receive…..

Bergquist says the state Railroad Board will meet Wednesday, and take up many of those issues again.