The EPA will take control of the response to the Ohio train derailment disaster and order rail company Norfolk Southern to clean up the contamination, the agency said Tuesday, the Biden administration’s strongest response yet to the crisis.
Under the EPA’s order, Norfolk Southern will be charged triple costs for anything it fails to do, the agency said. The EPA will also take the lead in the response; until now, Ohio agencies and local officials had been leading the effort with support from the EPA.
The EPA’s new step is taken through CERCLA, the act that allows the federal government to take on cleanup of what are commonly known as Superfund sites. The agency said it marked a shift from the emergency response to a longer-term cleanup. The administration has disputed allegations that it was slow to respond, saying federal employees were on the ground within hours of the crash.
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