EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Clean Up Chemicals After Ohio Train Derailment

Norfolk Southern Railway has been ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct “all cleanup actions” associated with the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.
“Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess that they created and the trauma that they inflicted on this community and impacted Beaver County [Pennsylvania] residents,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced at a Feb. 21 news conference in East Palestine.
Regan’s second visit to the area coincided with the opening of a clinic to address the concerns of local residents that the adverse health effects some have been experiencing—including rashes, vomiting, and headaches—may have been caused by the chemicals leaked from the crash….}