CSX contractors removed all tents and equipment from the forward command post at the church.  The contractors pressure washed the parking lot and spread hay in areas where mud was accumulating.  The command and operations trailers were relocated to the Handley facility, where all operations are being coordinated.  CSX hired a professional company to decontaminate the Montgomery Fire Station.
 

CSX contractors completed cleaning and purging 13 of the 28 derailed cars.  Cleaning operations included confined space entry, during which air monitoring was conducted for %LEL.  The contractors removed ash and/or residual fluids from each rail car and then pressure washed each rail car.  The solid waste that was removed from the heel of the rail cars was stored in drums and characterized for disposal.  Each rail car was deemed clean when the 0%LEL was achieved.   

Oil has been pumped oil out of three of 11 frac tanks into two new rail cars.  VOCs reached 19 ppm during transfer operations, just below the 20 ppm action level.  No benzene monitoring was conducted.  The total amount of oil that was collected from the derailed cars is 180,984 gallons, which will be transported to the customer. 

CSX contractors completed construction of the access road to the oil-contaminated soil pile through stone placement and grading operations.  T&D operations began at the soil pile.  A total of 176 trucks have been loaded out with soil and transported to the Waste Management Landfill located in Charleston, WV.  Transport operations included 14 trucks making three-hour round trips to the landfill.   It was estimated that 60% of the oil-contaminated soil pile was removed from the spill site.

Vacuum operations continued in the sump areas and shore line of the Kanawha River.  Two additional sump areas were installed down gradient of the spill area, totaling seven sump areas.  A crew on a jon boat continued to change out the absorbents in the Kanawha River within the containment area between Armstrong Creek and the barge.  Approximately 2,800 gallons of oily water from skimming operations were transported on 3/1/15 to the Handley facility for storage in frac tanks, totaling 112,987 gallons of recovered oil/water mixture.  To date 81,542 gallons of water were shipped to Washington, PA, for disposal. 

CSX contractors continued to conduct work zone and work perimeter air monitoring; no detections above action levels were reported.  In addition, WVAWC and CSX contractors continued to collect samples of raw and finished water, and no results exceeded the action levels.  

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.
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