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The railroad industry has sued to block a new minimum crew-size requirement that Ohio imposed after a fiery train derailment in East Palestine in February. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the new rule in March as part of the state's nearly $13.5 billion state transportation budget. It mandated a two-person crew for freight trains.
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Norfolk Southern has completed soil remediation under both tracks in East Palestine. The area was impacted by the train derailment in February.
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During a Friday NTSB hearing on the East Palestine derailment, a union official testified inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as in years past due to staff cuts, time constraints and regulatory loopholes.
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Officials say firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to immediately identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling due to poor communication from the railroad. The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a rare field hearing in East Palestine on the Norfolk Southern derailment.
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Norfolk Southern is working on a master plan to renovate East Palestine City Park. The village's city council approved the revitalization plan this week.
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The Allegheny Front’s Julie Grant speaks with US EPA Regional Administrator Debra Shore, who visited farms in the East Palestine area and nearby Pennsylvania this month.
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The students at Rochester Area High School, only 4 miles from Shell's ethane cracker plant, learned how to sift through environmental information for a class assignment.
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Most people surveyed in the aftermath of the train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine reported health symptoms related to the February incident. Federal and state health officials released survey results at a public meeting Tuesday evening.
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The Railway Safety Act, which proposes tighter safety regulations for freight rail companies, was passed by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
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Three months after the train derailment, fears in East Palestine linger. Many have questions about the controlled chemical burn’s impact on their physical health — and those concerns have led to a concurrent mental toll that the small village isn’t equipped to handle.