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
224,835 tons of waste soil removed
Flushed 5,200 feet of impacted waterways
1,913 drinking water wells sampled
7 DAY LOOKAHEAD
Site Updates
— East End of the Response Area:
—— Installation of the enhanced monitoring network of groundwater wells has been completed with wetland water and sediment sampling to occur following EPA approval of the workplan.
—— Taggart Street remains open to traffic and the community should anticipate periodic site-related equipment and vehicles on the road.
—— Air monitoring continues in areas of active operations. As site activities continue to diminish the associated air monitoring will also be reduced accordingly.
— The ongoing site restoration activities, including equipment demobilization, backfilling, management of clean/restoration soil stockpiles, revegetation, and stormwater infrastructure construction, will continue as weather conditions allow. This will include offsite shipment of excess restoration and reconstruction materials.
— Ongoing monitoring of surface water, groundwater, and drinking water wells continues per the schedules defined in the associated work plans.
Stream Work
— The re-assessment (sheen surveys, sediment and water sampling) of Sulphur and Leslie Run continues as weather conditions allow and is anticipated to be completed within the week.
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)