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CSX Transportation to clean up areas impacted by WV train derailment
2015-03-07 08:26:12| Railroads - Topix.net
The Environmental Protection Agency 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 .
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