WSRC Settles for 4.4 Million With U S Attorney Office
Westinghouse Savannah River Company reaches a 4.4 million settlement with the U S Attorney to resolve charges of travel fraud and improper shifting of project costs at the Savannah River Site WSRC denies wrongdoing spokesman Dean Campbell notes the cases are settled and describes no admission of fault. The settlements include 2.6 million for travel fraud involving 28 WSRC employees and 1.8 million to resolve improper cost shifting in the Environmental Technology Section with moves to locations like Washington DC Los Alamos NM and Southern California.
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Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Savannah River
WSRC
Dean Campbell
SRS
United States
Environmental Technology
Washington, D.C
Los Alamos
New Mexico
California
Aiken County tackles chlorine spill recovery and evacuations
Officials say the Graniteville chlorine spill is not resolved with thousands displaced and a long recovery ahead. Crews offload 30 tons from one tanker and prepare a 90 ton second tank while patch work and track are laid. Water tests show Lake Langley Pond and Horse Creek with varying chlorine readings but no drinking water contamination. Evacuations, curfews, and safety assessments continue as authorities monitor the situation.
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Aiken
Michael Hunt
Graniteville
Hunt
Clearwater
Sheriff's Office
Michael Frank
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Horse Creek
Langley Pond
Thom Berry
Berry
NTSB tanker report warned of unsafe rail cars and upgrades
A March Senate briefing shows the NTSB knew about about 60 percent of the 60 000 pressurized rail cars failing industry standards. The report notes pre-1989 cars lacked a heat treatment to reduce brittleness while post-1989 cars were treated. Investigators in Graniteville noted the accident involved upgraded tanks and only one of three chlorine cars leaked.
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U.S. Senate
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Graniteville
Congress
Attorney seeks emergency hearing to void check disclaimer
Local attorney Tom Young Jr. submits a motion in circuit court asking to declare disclaimer information on the endorsement portion of Norfolk Southern relief checks null and void. He seeks a ruling that such release details cannot bar future litigation by affected residents.
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Norfolk Southern
Tom Young Jr
Whetstone, Myers, Perkins, Young and Anders, LLC
Circuit
Community invited to share impact of derailment and spill
Aiken Standard asks readers affected by the train derailment and chemical spill to report experiences via phone or email. The piece notes concerns over a release language on checks tied to the Granitleville accident and a call for court action to nullify it.
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Aiken Standard
Editorial
Aikenstandard.com
Bagby remembered for his giving and warmth
The Augusta community recalls Steven W Bagby 38 as a generous man who treated strangers like family. At a memorial service at Elliott Sons Funeral Home mourners included Mayor Bob Young and Ronnie Young. Bagby, a forklift driver at Gregg Division, died in Graniteville's train crash and chemical spill. He was remembered for cooking cheesecakes, hunting, poetry, and his easygoing nature. Proclamation named Monday a Day of Mourning.
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Augusta
Steven W. Bagby
Phillip
Bagby
Graniteville
Elliott Sons Funeral
Lumpkin Road
Bob Young
Aiken County
Ronnie
Young
Avondale Mills
Gregg
Shane Bagby
Steven
Judy
Steven Bagby
Marie Schooler
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