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Norfolk Southern Bashed as Incompetent as EPA Takes Over Cleanup
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1:30Now PlayingBiden administration and state officials on Tuesday cranked up the heat on Norfolk Southern Corp. for its handling of the fiery freight train derailment in Ohio, as federal authorities took control of cleanup operations and two state governors raised the specter of prosecutions in conjunction with the disaster.
Under a formal order issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the company will be required to conduct cleanup operations in accordance with an EPA work plan and pay for the remediation costs. The company has two days to respond to the directive, which marks the federal government’s strongest move yet to address the disaster.
“It is my view that Norfolk Southern wasn’t going to do this out of the goodness of their own heart. There’s not a lot of goodness in there,” Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said at a news conference. “They needed to be compelled to act.”
In an emailed statement Tuesday, Norfolk Southern said it is “committed to thoroughly and safely cleaning the site,” while “reimbursing residents for the disruption this has caused in their lives.”
“We are going to learn from this terrible accident and work with regulators and elected officials to improve railroad safety,” the company said.
Norfolk Southern has come under withering criticism for its management of the incident, which began when a freight train derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border on Feb. 3. After toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride were released at the site and local residents were briefly evacuated, there have have been lingering complaints of animal deaths, headaches and other ailments.
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