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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against Norfolk Southern claiming that the company's Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, violated the Clean Water Act.

Firefighters from across Ohio trained on a mobile safety train at a Norfolk Southern rail yard in Bellevue. Norfolk Southern says it intends to set up a permanent training center in the state.

The legislation comes more than a month after the train derailment in East Palestine. Similar legislation was introduced in the Senate earlier this month.

Senators Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance introduced the Railway Safety Act earlier this month in response to the train derailment in East Palestine.

Officials from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say there's no indication East Palestine's agriculture system was impacted by February's rain derailment.

Norfolk Southern has been heavily criticized for their response to the train derailment in East Palestine. One expert thinks the company should take note of how the chemical industry handles accidents.

A Norfolk Southern conductor died early Tuesday morning after a collision with a dump truck. The collision happened at a crossing at Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works property.

The public meeting included updates from local, state and federal officials, a question and answer session that ended in residents yelling at officials and an information fair for residents to talk one on one with agencies.

The bipartisan bill would enhance safety procedures for trains carrying hazardous materials, increase rail inspections and reduce the risk of wheel bearing failures, among other measures.

Some of the toxic waste from the East Palestine derailment cleanup will go to sites in Ohio and Indiana after the United States Environmental Protection Agency paused shipments heading to Michigan and Texas to allow for more oversight measures.