미국 환경보호청(EPA)이 CSX 기업의 주요 자회사이자 I 클래스 미국 철도회사인 CSX 교통에 Mount Carbon의 인구조사지역 근처에서 발생한 열차 탈선으로 인해 영향받은 지역을 정화·복원할 것을 공식적으로 명령했다.

이 사고로 Bakken Shale에서 Dakota 북부로 이동하던 300만 갤런 이상의 원유를 실은 109-car CSX 열차에서 27대의 자동차가 탈선했다.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially ordered CSX Transportation, a Class-I U.S. railroad and the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation, to clean up and restore the areas affected by the train derailment that occurred near the census-designated area of Mount Carbon, W.Va., on Monday, Feb. 16.

 

Twenty-seven cars derailed from the 109-car CSX train carrying more than 3 million gallons of crude oil from the Bakken Shale in North Dakota. The derailment resulted in an explosion, fires and loss of a house and also required nearby residents to evacuate.

 

The accident came on the heels of the Freedom Industries chemical spill that impacted the region last January, where as much as 10,000 gallons of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, a chemical used to clean mining equipment, was released into the environment (see "WV chemical spill shuts down capital city, water supplies").

 

Under EPA's order -- which follows an emergency response conducted under a Unified Command (UC) with federal, state and local agencies and CSX -- the company must first develop and submit a comprehensive plan for all the areas impacted by the derailment. Thus far, CSX has committed significant resources and has worked closely with the UC at the scene. The plan must include short-term and long-term cleanup and restoration.

 

EPA has also closely coordinated with the State of West Virginia on the order and will continue to work closely with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and other agencies to ensure proper cleanup and to minimize any immediate or lasting environmental impacts of the derailment.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 3월 6일]