CSX To Pay $2.7M To Settle Claims Stemming From Spill After Derailment

(July 25, 2018, 10:23 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — CSX Transportation Inc. on July 24 agreed in West Virginia federal court to pay $2.7 million to resolve claims that an oil spill caused by a derailment of 109 rail cars in 2009 resulted in violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act (WPCA) and the West Virginia Groundwater Protection Act (GPA) (United States, et al. v. CSX Transportation Inc., No. 18-cv-1175, S.D. W.Va.)....