Following a cargo train accident and burning, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is holding American Pacific Kansas City accountable for killing. SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine( AP)
The railroad received a letter from Commissioner Melanie Loyzim on Thursday informing it that despite its best efforts, its response and timing to efficiently mitigate effects on the environment and social health have fallen short of expectations.
Two worries, according to the company, are the inability to quickly relocate a pair of rail cars carrying dangerous material away from the site and the failure to clean the saddle tanks of the locomotives, which could result in the spill of diesel fuel. There were 500 gallons( or 895 liters) of gas spilled, according to estimates.
Three men were taken to the hospital on Saturday in Somerset County when six train cars carrying firewood and electric cable ran off the tracks.
Leading cleaning, salvage, and repair is American Pacific Kansas City, which was built the day before the derailment as a result of the merger of CanadianPacific and Kansas city Southern.
Since the flaming Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern accident outside East Palestine, Ohio released substances that forced evacuations and sparked lingering health concerns, rail accidents and railroad health have become a growing national concern.
The Maine disaster took place close to Rockwood, a city of about 300 residents on Moosehead Lake that is located 90 km( 140 kilometers ) northwest of Bangor.
