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
220,253 tons of waste soil removed
Flushed 5,200 feet of impacted waterways
1,815 drinking water wells sampled
7 DAY LOOKAHEAD
Site Remediation
— East End of the Response Area:
—— Delineation is complete. Crews are preparing to excavate soils in two discrete areas and install an enhanced monitoring network of groundwater wells as part of the approach for addressing remaining soils and sediments with low levels of derailment-related contaminants. Additional updates on the schedule of the remediation and related activity will be provided as plans are finalized.
—— Taggart Street remains open to traffic and the community should anticipate periodic site related remediation equipment and vehicles on the road.
— Air monitoring for worker personal sampling continues sitewide. Analytical sampling and air monitoring continues in association with disturbance or excavation activities. This includes perimeter sampling and monitoring.
— Ongoing monitoring of surface water, groundwater, and drinking water wells continues.
Site Restoration
— Removal activities are complete in the former frac tank farms, smaller storage tanks area, and former big blue tanks area. These areas are being regraded and additional restoration activities, including revegetation, will continue as weather conditions allow.
— Crews continue grading and backfilling previously excavated areas, reconstructing ditches, and installing stormwater infrastructure at various locations across the site, as weather conditions allow.
— Continued management of the sheet pile utilized to support activities across the site.
Stream Work
— The Winter 2025 sampling event is being coordinated and will be performed as weather conditions allow.
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)