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Cleanup efforts are still underway in Sulphur Run and Leslie Run in East Palestine nearly a year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in the village. But Ohio EPA officials say progress is being made at restoring water quality and aquatic life.
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While national legislation slowly works its way through Congress, railroads, experts, politicians and unions disagree on what’s necessary to make things safer.
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The Norfolk Southern train derailment exposed a lack of training for budget-strapped volunteer fire departments. Some want railroads to do more to help.
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The East Palestine train derailment increased mental health problems for those living nearby. State, local and grassroots organizations have responded.
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Nearly a year after the Norfolk Southern train derailment, contaminated soil and sediment is still being trucked to sites in Ohio and as far away as Colorado for treatment and disposal.
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After the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment, Norfolk Southern accelerated development of the inspection portal and put the first one in Leetonia, near East Palestine.
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It’s been eight months since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine. Ever since the derailment, and the burn off of vinyl chloride in five tanker cars, some residents have chosen to live in hotels, miles away, and they’re not ready to go back home.
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The train derailment disaster in East Palestine and the near-train derailment disaster in Springfield earlier this year has put a new focus on how hazardous materials are transported across our region.
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Sen. J.D. Vance said the Environmental Protection Agency and Norfolk Southern need to pick up the pace in cleaning up East Palestine. Meanwhile, residents in Darlington Township are demanding the ability to provide input on how more than half a million dollars in community relief money is spent.
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Norfolk Southern has completed soil remediation under both tracks in East Palestine. The area was impacted by the train derailment in February.
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The second day of the National Transportation Safety Board's investigative hearings on the East Palestine train derailment covered wheel bearings, wayside defect detectors and rail tank car safety.
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The first day of the National Transportation Safety Board's investigative hearings into the East Palestine train derailment covered hazard communications, emergency responder preparedness and the decision to vent and burn the vinyl chloride in five tank cars.