BREAKING: The Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern to clean up the contamination from the derailment of one of its trains carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month.
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern on Tuesday to clean up the contamination fromEPA's orderIn issuing the order, the EPA is effectively taking over the longer-term remediation phase of the site's cleanup.Train cars carrying at least five different types of chemicals were involved in the Feb. 3 derailment, and at least three of those chemicals were either spilled during or released and burned after the wreck.
After the derailment, the company released and burned vinyl chloride, a colorless but hazardous and carcinogenic gas used to produce PVC plastic and vinyl products, from five tanker cars because of an explosion risk."The Norfolk Southern train derailment has upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA’s order will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this community," EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement.
"Let me be clear: Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess they created and for the trauma they’ve inflicted on this community," he added.Along with cleaning up contamination, the EPA ordered the company to reimburse the agency for cleaning services it will offer to East Palestine residents and businesses and to attend public meetings over the wreck.
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