All of the 190,984 gallons of crude oil that were recovered from the damaged/derailed cars have been transported to the customer in Yorktown, Virginia.  CSX is awaiting a verified total volume of the amount of product that was received by the customer.  CSX is in the process of estimating the total crude that was burned during the incident and also estimating the amount of crude that was released into the soil of the spill location.

Oil/water mixture from vacuum operations at the spill site continued to be transported to Handley for storage in frac tanks, pending separation into an oil/water phase and subsequent T&D.  T&D operations occurred daily, as CSX was maximizing storage capacity of such fluids as a precaution to potential flood events.  As of 3/13/15, a total of  206,600 gallons of oily water mixture have been recovered from vacuum operations, 15,658 gallons have been generated from decontamination activities, and a total of 210,042 gallons of oily water have been transported off Site to Washington, PA for disposal.

T&D of the remaining stockpiled oil-contaminated soil was completed; the waste was shipped to Waste Management Landfill located in Charleston, WV, for disposal.  As of 3/13/15, a total of 369 truckloads of oil-contaminated soil, totaling 7,396.2 tons, have been shipped for disposal.  In addition, transport of other waste streams in roll-off boxes continued to the Waste Management Landfill in Charleston, WV, for disposal.  Other waste streams included:  timber and cross ties (six roll-offs/47.5 tons); PPE and sorbent pads (ten of 11 roll-offs shipped, totaling 18.84 tons); and poly sheeting and hay (12 of 13 roll-offs shipped, totaling 116.9 tons).

The CSX Road Master is coordinating with contractors to be present during the excavation event scheduled for Monday, 3/16/15.  Rip rap will be on standby during this excavation event in order to immediately stabilize the railroad embankment following excavation of targeted oil-contaminated soils.  A laser fluorescence investigation continued in the spill area in order to identify the remaining oil-contaminated soils.

Contractors conducted hot work in the spill area in order to cut sections of railroad that were buried in the hillside down gradient of the railroad.  During soil disturbance, oil seeps emerged.  Contractors pushed the oil contamination back into the hillside and secured them with a soil cover pending another rainfall event.
 

Very minimal sheen continues to be observed in the runoff water that flows through the hillside at the Site.  The water is being managed using an underflow dam, a diversion culvert, and collection sumps.  Night operations of vacuum recovery operations have ceased, as they are no longer required.  Contractors continue to maintain the boom and periodically change the sorbent pads and sweep as required. 

A skeleton crew is scheduled to be on Site through the weekend for boom maintenance and sorbent pads/sweep change-out.  The crew will be monitoring the section of soil where oil seeps were observed and the sump areas to determine if vacuum operations are required.

CSX contractors have reduced sample collection to one sample per day of the WVAWV intake and effluent, along with surface samples from the Kanawha River.  Daily reports with these sample results have ceased; the data will be provided in the weekly progress reports to EPA and distributed accordingly to other agencies.

2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs)

CSX is the responsibile party. EPA finalized it's Recommendation for Determination of Imminent and Substantial Threat to Public Health or Welfare at the CSX Mount Carbon Train Derailment Site on 2/27/15.  EPA also issued a unilateral administrative order (UAO) to CSX on 2/27/15. An Administrative Order on Consent was signed on 03/04/2015 by CSX, detailing their responsibilities at the Site.

CSX has been responsive, employing multiple cleanup contractors and environmental consultants to advise them on the technical aspects of the response.  CSX has also provided their hazmat team and security on-Site. OSC Matlock will coordinate with EPA and WVDEP enforcement personnel, as appropriate.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

U.S. fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA)

WV Army National Guard Civil Support Team (ANG CST)

WV State Police

Montgomery Police Department

WV Department of Highways (WV DOH)

WV Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety (DMAPS)

WV American Water Corporation (WVAWC)

Red Cross