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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Norfolk Southern agrees to $310m settlement over 2023 East Palestine derailment

A toxic cloud rises over a suburban neighborhood.
A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, on 6 February 2023 after the Norfolk Southern train derailed. Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP

The freight train company involved in a disastrous, pollution-spewing derailment in Ohio last year has agreed to a $310m settlement with the US government over the incident.

Norfolk Southern will pay a $15m civil penalty for violating clean water laws and pay hundreds of millions more in cleanup costs in the wake of the derailment, which occurred near the town of East Palestine in February last year.

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