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Ohio senators introduce rail safety bill after train derailment

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Railroads like the one involved in last month's fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio would be subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday by the state's two U.S.

senators.The Railway Safety Act of 2023, co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and JD Vance, a Democrat and Republican, respectively, and four others of both parties, responds to the fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, in northeast Ohio near the Pennsylvania border, on Feb.

3, when 38 cars derailed and more burned.Though no one was injured or killed, the accident and its aftermath imperiled the entire village and nearby neighborhoods in both states.

It prompted an evacuation of about half the town's 4,000 residents, an ongoing multi-governmental emergency response and lingering worries among villagers of long-term health impacts.Toxic chemicals float on the surface of Leslie Run creek on February 25, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images) RELATED: Contaminated waste shipments from Ohio derailment resumeThe Senate bill aims to address several key regulatory questions that have arisen from the disaster, including why the state of Ohio was not made aware the hazardous load was coming through and why the crew didn't learn sooner of an impending equipment malfunction."Through this legislation, Congress has a real opportunity to ensure that what happened in East Palestine will never happen again," Vance said in a statement. "We owe every American the peace of mind that their community is protected from a catastrophe of this kind."All trains carrying hazardous materials, including those.

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