Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged Tuesday that he 'could have spoken sooner' about the disastrous Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
, that has caused serious health and environmental concerns because of the hazardous chemicals it was transporting., butyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene — all toxic to humans and the environment. The train derailment contaminated at least 15,000 pounds of soil and 1.1 million gallons of water, according to Norfolk Southern.
He declined to comment on whether Norfolk Southern had violated any safety rules, saying that will be determined by the NTSB's probe. Even as environmental workers and investigators do their work, Buttigieg said they're moving to the"policy" phase of response to the disaster. They don't have to wait for the NTSB report to take several steps, he said. The Department of Transportation is trying to drive forward a rule that would require at least two people to staff trains, when some rail companies want as few as one.
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