The committee held five meetings, plus made a site visit to East Palestine. The members heard testimony from 13 people, including Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw.
The president and CEO of the train company spotlighted in the East Palestine train disaster appeared by the Ohio Senate Select Committee on Rail Safety to explain his company’s role in the mess, and in cleaning it up.
State Senator Michael Rulli says he wants Norfolk Southern Railroad CEO Alan Shaw to tell him when piles of soil contaminated by the February 3rd derailment will be removed from East Palestine.