Posted on 05.29.24

Norfolk Southern to pay over $500M for cleanup, rail safety after East Palestine derailment

Source: https://www.politico.com/, May 23, 2024
By: Alex Guillen and Chris Marquette

Norfolk Southern will pay just over $500 million — $310 in environmental cleanup and $200 million for rail safety upgrades — as a result of last year’s disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the Biden administration announced on Thursday.

The proposed settlement, reached among Norfolk Southern, the EPA and the Justice Department, is “unprecedented,” acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer, an Ohio native, told reporters on Thursday. Read more.

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