TWO MONTHS POST DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE AND THE WORK CONTINUES HERE AT THE DERAILMENT SITE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS. NORFOLK SOUTHERN TODAY GIVING PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 FOR A LOOK AT THAT CLEANUP PROCESS. WELL, TELLING US THEY’VE HIT A MILESTONE IN THAT CLEANUP. WE’VE REMOVE THE MATERIAL, THE IMPACTED MATERIAL THAT WAS BELOW TRACK ONE OUT HERE, AND WE’RE STORING THAT HERE SO IT CAN BE SHIPPED OFF SAFELY OFFSITE. AND WE’RE DOING OUR TRACK RESTORATION WORK. SO IT’S PART OF OUR PROCESS TO GET THIS TRACK BACK INTO SERVICE. NORFOLK SOUTHERN’S CHRIS HUNSICKER SAYS HIS CREWS HAVE COLLECTED MORE THAN 24,000 TONS OF SOIL AND MORE THAN 12 MILLION GALLONS OF LIQUID WASTE FOR REMOVAL. THE CLEANUP SITE IS DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT PILES BASED ON THE CHEMICALS AND TOXINS FOUND WITHIN THEM. CREWS SAY THAT IS CRUCIAL IN ESTABLISHING WHERE THE CONTAMINANTS CAN BE SENT. SOME FACILITIES HAVE PERMIT RESTRICTIONS. THEY CAN ONLY HANDLE CERTAIN MATERIAL. OTHERS CAN HANDLE OTHER MATERIAL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE GETTING THE RIGHT MATERIALS TO THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR MANAGEMENT. THEY COMPLETED THE REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS FOR TRACK ONE, AND NOW THEY’RE WORKING ON THE RESTORATION OF THE ACTUAL TRAIN TRACK ITSELF. SO PART OF WHERE OUR PROCESS IS TRACKED, ONE, HERE WE ARE DOING THE RESTORATION. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE’RE GOING TO RUN TRAINS ON THIS TRACK THAT HELPS SETTLE AND GET IT IN PLACE. HUNSICKER SAYS IT’S NOT JUST THE TRACK THAT’S A PART OF THE RESTORATION, BUT THEY ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRAIN TRACK, INCLUDING AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. NOW, ONCE THE WORK IS COMPLETE ON TRACK ONE, THEY WILL REPEAT THE PROCESS ON TRACK TWO. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON