CSX Agrees to EPA Order to Clean Up after Train Derailment
The 27-car derailment caused an explosion, the loss of a house, fires and forced the evacuation of nearby residents.
CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed with the EPA’s orders to clean up and restore the areas affected by a Feb. 16 train derailment in Mount Carbon, W. Va.
The derailment of 27 cars from the 109-car CSX train carrying more than three million gallons of crude oil from the Bakken Shale in North Dakota caused an explosion, the loss of a house, fires and forced the evacuation of nearby residents.