Legal and other documents

• Executive Order 14108 Reports
• Sampling and Monitoring Plans
• Work Plans
• CERCLA Administrative Order and Directives
• Clean Water Act Administrative Order and Directives
• Norfolk Southern Generated Summary Reports
• Norfolk Southern Communication and Documentation
• FOIA Documents
• Other Documents

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Executive Order 14108 Reports

Update to EPA Report Submitted Pursuant to Section 2(b) of Executive Order 14108 (pdf) (1.22 MB)

Sampling and Monitoring Plans 

• Fact sheet: Water Management Update
• Characterization Work Plan for Derailment-Area Soil (pdf) (32.72 MB, Sept. 11, 2023)
• Operation, Monitoring, and Maintenance Plan – Wastewater Treatment System (pdf) (52.32 MB, Aug. 31, 2023)
• East Palestine Train Derailment Site Waste Management Plan Wastewater Treatment and Contained-In Determination Operational Summary Quality Assurance Project Plan (pdf) (272.98 KB, Aug. 31, 2023)
• Wastewater Treatment and Contained-In Determination Operational Summary (pdf) (125.11 MB, Aug. 31, 2023)
• Sentinel Monitoring Well Installations & Groundwater Sampling Plan (pdf) (18.09 MB, Jun. 28, 2023)
• Surface Water Sampling & Analysis Plan (pdf) (4.17 MB, Jun. 28, 2023)
• Air Sampling and Analysis Plan SAP (pdf) (3.17 MB, Rev Apr. 19, 2023)
• Potable Water Sampling Work Plan Update (pdf) (12.77 MB, May 1, 2023)
• Soil Sampling Presentation, April 20, 20223 (pdf) (2.99 MB)
  *The statistical data provided in this presentation were based on an estimated calculation of preliminary and validated sample results as of 4/17. These numbers will change as additional results are received.
• Fact Sheet: Soil Sampling Plan (pdf) (2 MB)
• Phase I – Preliminary Residential/Commercial/Agricultural Soil Sampling Plan (pdf) (22.32 MB, Rev Apr. 5, 2023)

Work Plans

• Structure Cleaning Program: Cleaning Protocol (pdf) (1.66 MB)
• Leslie Run and Downstream Creeks Characterization Work Plan (pdf) (4.48 MB)
• Sulphur Run Characterization Work Plan (pdf) (3.28 MB)
• Groundwater Characterization Plan (pdf) (10.52 MB, Jun. 29, 2023)
  • Groundwater Characterization Work Plan - Proposed Locations (pdf) (3.27 MB)
  • App. A. Compiled TGM and FSOPs (pdf) (4.64 MB)
  • App B - TGI for PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Field Sampling Guide (pdf) (970.62 KB)
  • App. C. Compiled Logs and Pot Map (pdf) (3.45 MB)
• Waste Management Plan Vol 4 (pdf) (9.71 MB, Rev. Apr. 10, 2023)
• Waste Management Plan Vol 3 (pdf) (15.82 MB, Rev. Apr. 10, 2023)
• Waste Management Plan Vol 2 (pdf) (17.89 MB, Rev. Apr. 10, 2023)
  Waste Management Plan Vol 1 (pdf) (9.71 MB, Rev. Apr. 18, 2023)
• Health and Safety Plan (pdf) (9.78 MB, April 20, 2023)
• Main Line Interim Soil Removal Plan and Cover Letter (pdf) (16.39 MB, June 6, 2023)
• Unilateral Administrative Order Phase I – Preliminary Residential/Commercial/Agricultural Soil Sampling Plan Quality Assurance Project Plan Approval (pdf) (135.36 KB, Mar. 9, 2023)

CERCLA Administrative Order and Directives

• Action Memo $2 Million Exemption (pdf) (943.93 KB)
• EPA Request for Information to Norfolk Southern (pdf) (219.35 KB, April 18, 2023)
• EPA letter to NS regarding Financial Assurance (pdf) (154.94 KB, April 11. 2023)
• EPA estimated cost of the work (pdf) (193.83 KB, April 11, 2023)
• CERCLA Unilateral Administrative Order for Removal Action-First Amendment (pdf) (129.21 KB, March 27, 2023)
• EPA Letter to State Commissioners, Directors, and Secretaries Re: Alert Disposal of Hazardous Waste Material from East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment Site (pdf) (288.92 KB, Mar. 17, 2023)
• Letter to Norfolk Southern: Re: C5XR Unilateral Administrative Order Waste Disposal (pdf) (177.24 KB, Mar. 17, 2023)
• EPA Directives to Norfolk Southern Re: Data (pdf) (228.4 KB, Mar. 12, 2023)
• Enforcement Action Memorandum –Determination of Threat to Public Health and the Environment at the East Palestine Train Derailment Site, East Palestine, Columbiana County, Ohio (Site ID: C5XR) (pdf) (4.69 MB, Feb. 21, 2023)
• East Palestine Train Derailment Site CERCLA Unilateral Administrative Order - Directive re: removal of soil beneath the Main Line (pdf) (113.36 KB, Feb. 28, 2023)
• East Palestine Train Derailment Site CERCLA Unilateral Administrative Order - Directives (pdf) (135 KB, Feb. 24, 2023)
• Administrative Record Index for CERCLA Unilateral Administrative Order (pdf) (20.26 KB, Feb.21, 2023)
• CERCLA Administrative Order to Norfolk Southern Railway Co. for Removal Actions (pdf) (2.87 MB, February 21, 2023)

Clean Water Act Administrative Order and Directives

• Clean Water Act Administrative Order and Directives
• Sulphur Run Culvert Sediment Removal Plan (pdf) (5.87 MB)
• Comprehensive Sheen and Sediment Investigation Work Plan – Sulphur Run and Leslie Run (pdf) (2.5 MB)

Norfolk Southern Generated Summary Reports

• Culvert Sediment Removal Report (pdf) (23 pp, 7.19 MB)
• Qualitative Sheen Assessment Summary Report (pdf)(26 pp, 14.3 MB)

Norfolk Southern Communication and Documentation

• NSR Notice of Intent to Comply (pdf) (245.27 KB, Feb. 24, 2023)
• Norfolk Southern Railway Company - General Notice of Liability 02-10-2023 (pdf) (174.59 KB)
• Norfolk Southern East Palestine Train Derailment General Notice Letter 2-10-2023 (pdf) (288.04 KB)
• TRAIN 32N - EAST PALESTINE - derail list Norfolk Southern document (pdf) (106.33 KB)

FOIA Documents

East Palestine Train Derailment (EPA ID: OHN000521908)

Other Documents

• Medical Monitoring Program Map (pdf) (1.67 MB)
• EPA letter to River Valley Organizing and Unity Council (pdf) (307.52 KB)
• EPA Report Submitted Pursuant to Section 2(b) of Executive Order 14108 (pdf) (1.97 MB)
• Vinyl Chloride FAQ from the Public Health Advisory Unit (pdf) (271.31 KB)
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division: Complaint (pdf) (583.22 KB)
  • Exhibit A: Map of Site Features -Sulphur Run to Leslie Run (pdf) (2.62 MB, April 11, 2023)
  • Exhibit B: Map of Site Features Downstream Flow to Ohio River (pdf) (1.53 MB, April 11, 2023)
• Response to Government Accountability Project Petition (pdf) (334.69 KB, January 17, 2025)