EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Clean Up Ohio Derailment Site (Connecting the Dots: CSX, Federal Railroad Administration, Sidley Austin LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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By Charles Kim
| Tuesday, 21 February 2023
02:26 PM EST
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chemicals-ohio-train-derailment/2023/02/21/id/1109550/
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency on Tuesday ordered
rail carrier Norfolk Southern to clean up and be responsible
for "all necessary actions" after the derailment of its 150-car
freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3 that resulted in a
massive fire and the "controlled release" and burn off of several
hazardous chemicals.
"The Norfolk
Southern train derailment has
upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA's order will ensure the
company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this
community," EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said in a press release
Tuesday announcing the agency's order. "Let me be clear: Norfolk Southern
will pay for cleaning up the mess they created and for the trauma they've
inflicted on this community."
The EPA's order demands Norfolk Southern identify and
clean contaminated soil and water resources, reimburse the federal agency for
cleaning services to be offered to the town's residents and businesses, attend
public meetings at EPA's request, post information online, and pay the EPA
for all work done under the order.
"I'm deeply grateful to the emergency responders,
including EPA personnel, who've been on the ground since day one and ensured
there was no loss of life as a result of this disaster," Regan said in the
release. "As we transition from emergency response, EPA will continue to
coordinate closely with our local, state, and federal partners through a
whole-of-government approach to support the East Palestine community during the
remediation phase. To the people of East Palestine, EPA stands with you now and
for as long as it may take."
According to the agency, Norfolk Southern will have to
pay triple the cost if it fails to comply with the order.
Some East Palestine residents filed a class action lawsuit
against the rail carrier on Feb. 7 because of the derailment,
which included the spilling of the dangerous chemical vinyl chloride.
The suit charges Norfolk Southern with negligence in
operating the train, causing the residents to be exposed to "toxic fumes,
substances, and carcinogens," which forced them out of their homes and
businesses.
The lawsuit wants a judgment against the railroad company
for a yet undisclosed amount of money.
Norfolk Southern did not respond to an
NBC News request for comment on the EPA's order Tuesday.
CSX Transportation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX_Transportation#Conrail_acquisition
Conrail acquisition
On June 23, 1997, CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
filed a joint application with the Surface Transportation Board for authority
to purchase, divide, and operate the assets of the 11,000-mile
(18,000 km) Conrail,
which had been created in 1976 by bringing together several ailing Northeastern railway systems into a government-owned corporation. On June 6, 1998, the STB
approved the CSX–NS application and set August 22, 1998, as the effective date
of its decision. CSX acquired 42 percent of Conrail's assets, and NS received
the remaining 58 percent. As a result of the transaction, CSX's rail operations
grew to include some 3,800 miles (6,100 km) of the Conrail system
(predominantly lines that had belonged to the former New York Central Railroad). CSX began operating its trains on
its portion of the Conrail network on June 1, 1999. CSX now serves much of
the Eastern United States, with a few routes into nearby Canadian
cities.
In actuality, not all of Conrail was eliminated. There
were a few parts of Conrail that both CSX and NS wanted, and neither wanted to
allow the other to have total control over. Those small pieces remained owned
by the renamed "Conrail Shared Assets," (later "Conrail Shared Assets Operations") so that
the pieces were effectively owned and operated by a separate railroad owned by
both railroads, thus neither railroad would control those pieces.
Connecting the Dots:
Elizabeth E. Bailey was
a director at the CSX Corporation and is an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and John F.
Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Carter G.
Phillips is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and was an attorney
for CSX Transportation.
American
rail freight system is a Class 1 railroad for CSX
Transportation.
CSX
Transportation is a subsidiary of the CSX Corporation.
T. Martin
Fiorentino Jr. was a special counsel for the CSX Corporation
and the chief of staff for the Federal Railroad Administration.
Federal
Railroad Administration is a division of the U.S. Department
of Transportation.
Pete
Buttigieg is
the Secretary of Transportation for the Joe Biden
Administration, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship and
a graduate at the University of Oxford.
William T.
Coleman Jr. was a secretary for the U.S. Department of
Transportation and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Richard N. Haass was
a Rhodes scholar at the Oxford University and
was a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Elizabeth E. Bailey
is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)
and was a director at the CSX Corporation.
CSX
Transportation is a subsidiary of the CSX Corporation.
T. Martin
Fiorentino Jr. was a special counsel for the CSX Corporation
and the chief of staff for the Federal Railroad Administration.
Federal
Railroad Administration is a division of the U.S. Department
of Transportation.
American
rail freight system is a Class 1 railroad for CSX
Transportation.
List of Class I
railroads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Class_I_railroads
Current Class I
railroads
Today there are just five American owned Class I freight
railroad companies and one passenger railroad company (Amtrak). The list also
include two Canadian owned Class I freight railroads, both of which have
trackage in the US.
·
Amtrak
·
Kansas City Southern Railway
Resources: Past Research
Researcher’s Note:
Again I ask the question was this an accident or premeditated? (Past Research on the CSX Corporation)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2018
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/02/researchers-note-again-i-ask-question.html
Buttigieg Defends Fed
Response to Train Derailment in Ohio (Connecting the Dots: Pete Buttigieg, Oxford University, The U.S. Department of Transportation, The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Federal
Railroad Administration & Soros Funding, All Networking)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/02/buttigieg-defends-fed-response-to-train.html
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