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
Our work isn’t finished.
73.6M gallons of water recovered and transported offsite
193,426 tons of waste soil removed
Flushed 5,200 feet of impacted waterways
1,656 drinking water wells sampled
7 DAY LOOKAHEAD
Site Remediation
— Decommissioning continues:
—— Frac Tank Farms. The soil piles have been transported off-site for disposal, and the equipment continues to be cleaned and staged for offsite transportation. Confirmation sampling has been completed in the former Tank Farm 5 area. Pending results and agency approvals, this area will be graded and restored.
—— Smaller Storage Tanks. The gravel subbase on top of the containment liners has been removed and confirmation sampling has been completed. Pending receipt of sampling results and agency approvals, this area will be graded and restored.
—— Big Blue Tanks. The final tank has been removed. As with the other storage tank areas, the tank containment materials are being removed, and confirmation sampling will occur in the areas beneath the former tanks followed by regrading and restoration.
— Final confirmation soil sampling is over 80% complete. If exceedances of final cleanup standards are identified, those areas will undergo additional delineation to ensure derailment related chemicals are fully identified and to determine any further courses of action. The ongoing decommissioning activities continues to make additional areas available for sampling.
— Air monitoring for worker personal sampling continues sitewide. Analytical sampling and air monitoring continues within the tank farms including perimeter sampling and monitoring.
— Ongoing monitoring of surface water, groundwater, and drinking water wells continues.
Site Restoration
— Crews continue grading and backfilling excavated areas, reconstructing ditches, and installing stormwater infrastructure as part of efforts to return the site to pre-derailment conditions.
— Ditch and stormwater infrastructure restoration activities continue along the tracks to the east and west of N. Pleasant Drive. Concrete culvert installation continues in the ditch to the north of the tracks and west of N. Pleasant Drive with grading activities to the north of the tracks.
— Regrading and restoration in Tank Farm 6 have begun.
— Some sheet pile utilized to support excavation activities will be removed in areas near the tracks and former waste storage areas.
Stream Work
— Post-mitigation sampling data is being analyzed to evaluate stream conditions following cleanup activities and determine next steps.
Track Maintenance
— Track maintenance has been completed.
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)