Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw ua tim khawv ntawm lub rooj sib hais ua ntej Senate Environment thiab Public Works Committee ntawm kev tiv thaiv pej xeem kev noj qab haus huv thiab ib puag ncig tom qab Norfolk Southern tsheb ciav hlau derailment thiab tshuaj tso tawm hauv East Palestine, Ohio hauv Washington, DC, Tebchaws Meskas, Peb Hlis 9, 2023.
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Norfolk yav qab teb CEO Alan Shaw rau hnub Wednesday hais rau cov txwj laus hais tias nws lub tuam txhab kev tsheb ciav hlau txhawb nqa ob feem ntawm ob daim nqi tsheb ciav hlau kev nyab xeeb uas tau los tom qab lub hli tas los ntawm lub tsheb ciav hlau nqa cov khoom lom hauv Ohio.
Ua pov thawj nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Lag Luam, Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Thauj Mus Los, Shaw tau hais tias Txoj Cai Kev Nyab Xeeb Kev Nyab Xeeb Kev Nyab Xeeb thiab Txoj Cai RAIL suav nrog "kev ntsuas nrog lub peev xwm rau kev txhim kho muaj txiaj ntsig, xws li nyiaj txiag kev cob qhia ntxiv, kev ceeb toom zoo dua, nrawm rau theem ntawm cov laus. tsheb tank, thiab ntau ntxiv. "
Shaw tsis tau lees paub tag nrho Txoj Cai Kev Nyab Xeeb Txoj Cai Kev Nyab Xeeb, uas suav nrog cov kev cai hu rau ob tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm txhua lub tsheb ciav hlau. "Peb tsis paub txog cov ntaub ntawv uas txuas cov neeg coob coob nrog kev nyab xeeb," Shaw tau hais rau hnub Wednesday.
"Yog tias txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau muaj nws txoj hauv kev - nqis mus rau ib tus neeg ua haujlwm - thiab lawv txo tus neeg saib xyuas txoj haujlwm mus rau hauv av, txhais tau tias tus neeg ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom tsav mus rau qhov chaw, uas ua rau cov kws tsim khoom muaj kev phom sij," Clyde Whitaker tau hais. , tus thawj coj ntawm SMART Transportation Division union, teb. "Nws tseem ua rau lub sijhawm teb thiab kev ntsuas ntawm qhov teeb meem muaj kev phom sij."
Txoj cai lij choj tau qhia los ntawm Sens. JD Vance, R-Ohio, thiab Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, nyob rau lub lis piam tom qab Lub Ob Hlis 3 East Palestine, Ohio, tsheb ciav hlau derailment, uas tso tawm cov tshuaj lom neeg mus rau thaj tsam ib puag ncig.
Hauv kev npaj cov lus hais, Shaw tau hais tias nws pom zoo nyob rau hauv "txoj cai" nrog rau feem ntawm txoj cai lij choj, xws li "tsim cov qauv kev ua tau zoo, cov qauv kev saib xyuas, thiab kev ceeb toom rau qhov ntsuas kev nyab xeeb."
"Peb txhawb kom cov qauv nruj dua rau kev tsim tsheb tank," Shaw tau hais hauv cov lus npaj. "Muaj lub sijhawm tseem ceeb rau kev siv thev naus laus zis los txhim kho kev nyab xeeb ntawm kev tsheb ciav hlau, thiab peb txhawb kom Congress los txiav txim siab ntxiv kev tshawb fawb ntxiv rau hauv kev tsheb ciav hlau kev tsheb ciav hlau tsis zoo."
Brown, uas tau hais ntawm lub rooj sib hais nrog Vance, qhia txog cov teeb meem nrog Norfolk Southern tau dav dua, taw rau 579 kev ua txhaum cai nyob rau hauv ib xyoos tsis ntev los no, nrog rau lub tuam txhab them tus nqi nruab nrab ntawm $ 3,300.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tau hais hauv lub rooj sib hais tias nws pom zoo "nrog cov kev hloov pauv hauv txoj cai" uas tsab cai lij choj tau tshaj tawm, nrog rau Txoj Cai RAIL tau thov lub lim tiam dhau los los ntawm Reps. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, thiab Emilia Strong Sykes, D -Ohio. DeWine, uas yog Republican, tau hais tias cov neeg tsim cai lij choj tau hais ntxiv nws qhov kev thov kom suav nrog cov kev cai uas yuav tsum muaj cov tsheb ciav hlau los muab kev ceeb toom ua ntej thiab cov ntaub ntawv rau lub xeev cov neeg saib xyuas xwm txheej ceev txog cov khoom uas lawv thauj.
Ohio foob Norfolk Southern lub lim tiam dhau los, nrhiav kev puas tsuaj, kev nplua rau pej xeem thiab "kev txiav txim siab tshaj tawm tias Norfolk Southern yog lub luag haujlwm," Tus Kws Lij Choj General Dave Yost tau hais.
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Shaw, uas tau ua pov thawj ua ntej Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Ib puag ncig thiab Kev Ua Haujlwm Hauv Pej Xeem Senate ob lub lis piam dhau los, tau hais hauv kev npaj cov lus hais tias lub tuam txhab yuav txhim kho nws cov kab mob kub hnyiab, siv ntau lub tshuab kuaj kab mob acoustic, ua kom nws cov kev soj ntsuam xyuas thiab txhim kho cov kev coj ua rau cov cuab yeej ntes. Norfolk Southern tau hais tias cov cuab yeej ntes tau ua haujlwm raws li tsim nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Palestine, tab sis nws tau ntxiv 200 qhov ntsuas kub ntxiv.
National Transportation Safety Board Thawj Tswj Hwm Jennifer Homendy tau hais tias lub koom haum txhawb kev hloov pauv sai dua ntawm cov qauv qub ntawm cov tsheb tank, nrog rau kev txhim kho cov ntaub ntawv sib qhia ntawm cov neeg teb xwm txheej ceev thiab kev tsheb ciav hlau.
"Txawm tias ib lub tsheb ciav hlau ntawm ib qho khoom siv phom sij ua pov thawj ceeb toom rau cov neeg muaj xwm txheej ceev, tsis yog 20 lossis ntau dua 35 lub tsheb thauj khoom, uas tuaj yeem muaj 1 lab nkas loos ntawm cov khoom phom sij," Homendy tau sau cov lus npaj.
NTSB rau hnub Monday tau tshaj tawm peb tsab ntawv tshaj tawm txog qhov xwm txheej tsis ntev los no, suav nrog kev tsheb ciav hlau derailment hauv Alabama thaum Lub Peb Hlis 9, kev sib tsoo nrog lub tsheb thauj khoom thaum Lub Peb Hlis 7 uas tua tus neeg tsav tsheb ciav hlau thiab kev sib tsoo thaum Lub Peb Hlis 4 hauv Springfield, Ohio.
Homendy tau hais kom nthuav dav lub ntsiab lus ntawm cov tsheb ciav hlau uas muaj phom sij txaus ntshai, nrog rau muab cov ntaub ntawv qhia txog lub sijhawm rau cov neeg teb thiab cov neeg nyob hauv.
Hauv nws cov lus hais, Shaw tau hais txog qhov tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau, uas tau raug thuam tias yog ib txoj hauv kev rau kev txiav cov nqi thiab kev tsav tsheb qis. Shaw tau hais tias lub tuam txhab tau coj "kev sib npaug ntau dua rau kev pabcuam, kev tsim khoom, thiab kev loj hlob" los ntawm "kev txhoj puab heev" ntiav cov tsheb ciav hlau.
Whitaker tau hais tias "Tsis muaj kev txheeb xyuas qhov tsis xws li lub hom phiaj ntawm kev tshuaj xyuas tab sis txo qis lub sijhawm nws siv los ua lawv lossis tshem tawm tag nrho," Whitaker hais. "Compound qhov no nrog rau qhov tseeb hais tias txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau yog nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev txiav txim siab kom loj hlob cov tsheb ciav hlau mus rau astronomical ntev thiab koj muaj peev xwm kwv yees tau, thiab qhov tshwm sim yog East Palestine."
Los ntawm 2017 txog 2021, kev tsheb ciav hlau txiav lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm 22% thiab txo kev nqis peev hauv lub network los ntawm 24%, txawm hais tias tus nqi sib tsoo tau nce 14% nyob rau lub sijhawm, raws li Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., uas yog tus thawj coj ntawm pawg thawj coj. uas tuav lub rooj sib hais hnub Wednesday.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/22/norfolk-southern-ceo-backs-parts-of-new-rail-safety-bills.html