The U.S. Dept. of Justice is going after Norfolk Southern for full costs of cleanup and any long term effects caused by the derailment in early February of one of its freight trains in East Palestine, Ohio.
In a lawsuit filed March 30 in U.S. District Court in Ohio on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Justice seeks penalties and injunctive relief for the unlawful discharge of pollutants under the U.S. Clean Water Act and an order on liability for past and future costs.