DERAILMENT RESPONSE TIMELINE DERAILMENT SITE February 3 Derailment Occu red WATER SOIL South Track removal & soil removal & restoration 1 million gallon Blue Tanks established to hold hazardous water from site activities April 21 South Track opens North Track removal & soil removal & restoration Excavation at the Pleasant Drive northern track crossing complete July 7 both North and South tracks open Car Scrapping Area 5 soil removal Car Scrapping Area 4 & South Ditch soil removal September 8 Startup of On-Site Wastewater Treatment Plant Final Site Charact- erization S°mpling Indoor begmS Cleaning October 23 Taggart Street Reopens to Traffic I Stationary a nd Roaming Air iMonitoring a nd Sampling LEGAL & EXECUTIVE ORDERS February 21 EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up environmental damagel caused by derailment June 22-23 National Transportation Safety Board Hearings October 6 Final Phase 1 Soil Sampling technical report released September 20 President Biden Executive Order to protect communities affected by derailmentl and to continue to hold Norfolk Southern accountable October 18 EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to perform additional cleanup and investigation of sediments in Sulphur & Leslie Runs please note some start and end dates are approximate & this visual graphic is intended to display key events. ------- |