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23-2385
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 02/08/2023 | approve | Pass |
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23-1939
| 1 | | A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FURTHER FEDERAL ACTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION | Resolution | PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-1939
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FURTHER FEDERAL ACTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION’S OPERATIONS
WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of February 2022, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the municipality of East Palestine, State of Ohio, in a residential area bordering the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The catastrophic incident ignited a fire that covered the town in toxic smoke; and
WHEREAS, in fear of a major explosion, authorities created an evacuation zone near the crash and carried out a controlled release of toxic chemicals to neutralize burning cargo inside some of the train cars; and
WHEREAS, five of the aforementioned train cars were carrying vinyl chloride, an industrial chemical used to make hard plastic that is classified by the National Cancer Institute as a “cancer-causing substance;” and
WHEREAS, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, hazardous materials including butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, and ethylene glycol | accept as substituted | Pass |
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23-1939
| 2 | | A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FURTHER FEDERAL ACTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION | Resolution | PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-1939
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FURTHER FEDERAL ACTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION’S OPERATIONS
WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of February 2022, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the municipality of East Palestine, State of Ohio, in a residential area bordering the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The catastrophic incident ignited a fire that covered the town in toxic smoke; and
WHEREAS, in fear of a major explosion, authorities created an evacuation zone near the crash and carried out a controlled release of toxic chemicals to neutralize burning cargo inside some of the train cars; and
WHEREAS, five of the aforementioned train cars were carrying vinyl chloride, an industrial chemical used to make hard plastic that is classified by the National Cancer Institute as a “cancer-causing substance;” and
WHEREAS, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, hazardous materials including butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, and ethylene glycol | recommend for approval as substituted | Pass |
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