RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia environmental officials say CSX Transportation Inc. agreed to pay over $361,000 Â in fines and $18,500 in investigation costs for the April 2014 train derailment that dumped nearly 30,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil into the James River in Lynchburg.
The state Department of Environmental Quality announced the proposed consent order with the rail company on Monday. The April 30 derailment saw 17 cars derail, with three going into the river and one catching fire.
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The DEQ says, of the crude oil that escaped the tank car, 98-percent was consumed in a fire.
The department said water quality checks of the James from Lynchburg to Richmond several days after the derailment found no environmental problems.
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