- Vinyl chloride: 5 cars, contents burned
- Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether: one car, fate unknown
- Butyl acrylate: one car, contents spilled
- Ethylhexyl acrylate: one car, breached
- Isobutylene: one car, derailed, not breached
Friday, February 17, 2023
The bill of (de)lading in East Palestine, OH
There is a lot of talk about the East Palestine incident. I don't have much to add. It is horrible, and it should not have happened, and we should prevent it from happening in the future. But I did read this New York Times article that actually states the volumes and identities of the released chemicals:
Here's guessing that it's going to get more difficult to transport hazardous chemical by rail, and no one should be surprised when it happens.
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I supplied a link in the comments to the local news reporting these chemicals days ago. I believe that article stated that isobutylene was breached or on fire though.
ReplyDeleteNYT article is paywalled for me, but the full derail list is available from the EPA site:
ReplyDeletehttps://response.epa.gov/sites/15933/files/TRAIN%2032N%20-%20EAST%20PALESTINE%20-%20derail%20list%20Norfolk%20Southern%20document.pdf
Luckily the two benzene tankers were empty rather than loaded