(Source: Yahoo News, February 15, 2023)
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on Congress to re-examine some federal railroad regulations, after the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in his state triggered an explosion that sent toxic chemicals into the air and nearby waterways. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, DeWine, a Republican, said he was informed that the railroad company was not legally required to alert anyone in Ohio about the toxic cargo because only some of the cars on the Norfolk Southern train that derailed earlier this month were carrying hazardous materials. DeWine did not elaborate on the specific regulation he was referring to, but his comments come amid mounting questions about whether rollbacks to federal railroad safety regulations were to blame for the Feb. 3 derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border of roughly 50 freight train cars, 10 of which were carrying hazardous chemicals.
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