Site Progress
Norfolk Southern team members remain on scene, assisted by multiple derailment and environmental contractors. Every step of the way, we are coordinating with federal, state and local agencies.
We will see this through
Read the latest on our commitments and progress to date
74M gallons of water recovered and transported offsite
237,598 tons of waste soil removed
Flushed 5,200 feet of impacted waterways
1,923 drinking water wells sampled
7 DAY LOOKAHEAD
Site Updates
— Site restoration activities continue as weather allows. Restoration is anticipated to be substantially complete within the coming weeks.
— Particulate air monitoring continues in areas of active operations. As site activities continue to diminish, associated particulate air monitoring will be reduced accordingly.
— Restoration activities at properties along Taggart Street are nearly complete, and the community should not anticipate significant response related traffic on the Village streets in the future.
— Ongoing monitoring of surface water, groundwater, and drinking water wells continues per the schedules defined in the associated work plans. These sampling events will also include the East End wetland water and sediment sampling efforts approved by the EPA.
Sulphur and Leslie Run Activities
— Data from the March/April 2025 stream reassessment have been validated and will be reported to EPA this week. No human health risks related to the derailment were identified in surface water in the two previous assessments performed in 2024.
— Crews have completed reevaluation of certain segments of the streams where sheens were identified in the March/April 2025 reassessment. A final stream mitigation work plan to address these areas has been submitted to the agencies for their review. Once approved, the implementation of final stream mitigation activities and a stream reassessment will occur.
Regulatory Oversight
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Columbiana County General Health District
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- Ohio Department of Health (ODH)
- Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA)
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)
- United States Department of the Interior (DOI)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)