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Rail company details plan to compensate East Palestine homeowners

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Norfolk Southern will pay for lost home values in East Palestine. Residents who take money will have to forgo property damage claims.Health worries remain after the train derailment in February. Already, the railroad estimates that the cleanup will cost more than $800 million, which includes $74 million that Norfolk Southern has pledged to East Palestine to help the town recover.

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Rail company details plan to compensate East Palestine homeowners

(AP) — Norfolk Southern announced new details Monday about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the fiery derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February. The railroad's program will no doubt be welcomed by some people who want to sell their homes and move away from the town rather than deal with the lingering health worries. But some critics say the railroad should be doing more to address th…

2 months ago·Chicago, United States

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Railroad opens fund to compensate East Palestine homeowners - National Zero

Norfolk Southern, the railroad that ran the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, announced it will open a fund to compensate homeowners for the value their real estate has lost since the February accident that sent a cloud of toxic chemicals into the air, ABC News reports. While the amount of the fund is yet to be determined because it’s part of a larger compensation package Norfolk Southern will pay as part of the clean-up and recovery.…

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