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The requirement is included in the Railway Safety Bill introduced in the Senate earlier this month but not the House's RAIL Act.
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The legislation comes more than a month after the train derailment in East Palestine. Similar legislation was introduced in the Senate earlier this month.
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Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. J.D. Vance have criticized the U.S. EPA for moving too slowly on removal of toxic soil in East Palestine.
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Ohio's attorney general has filed a 58-count complaint against Norfolk Southern seeking recovery of costs, damages and civil penalties for the derailment, which he said was "entirely avoidable".
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Gov. Mike DeWine said states with certified hazardous waste sites shouldn't be rejecting soil from the site of the toxic train derailment in East Palestine.
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Gov. Mike DeWine's office said a 26,800 ton pile of contaminated soil is sitting in East Palestine, waiting to be shipped to a licensed disposal facility.
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Federal authorities tracked nearly 50 train derailments in Ohio just last year.
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Firefighters are often "woefully under-equipped" to handle train accidents that emit hazardous materials. Most of those serious enough to cause evacuations happened near small towns.
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Officials from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say there's no indication East Palestine's agriculture system was impacted by February's rain derailment.
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Stamp and train enthusiasts packed a theater at Cincinnati's Union Terminal Thursday to celebrate the city's iconic train station being honored on a U.S. postage stamp. The recent trail derailments didn't go unrecognized.
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Norfolk Southern has been heavily criticized for their response to the train derailment in East Palestine. One expert thinks the company should take note of how the chemical industry handles accidents.
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Executive Director Richard Harrison will also talk about how some of the agency's equipment needs to be replaced.