Ferromex Ordered to Remedy Spillage in Sonora
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Ferromex will have to remedy the environmental damage caused by the spillage of copper concentrate and sodium hydroxide by the derailment of one of its trains in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc of Naco, Sonora, registered last weekend, indicated the Profepa. The mishap, he detailed, involved three gondolas carrying approximately 240 tons of copper concentrate and a tank cart with 72,000 liters of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), of which approximately…
The derailment of a train in Naco, Sonora generated emergency work in the area. Ferromex already reported what would have caused the accident.
The head of the Secretariat for Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), Alicia Bárcena, reported that a “temporary closure” is maintained in the chemical spill zone, including a stream, caused by the derailment of a Ferromex freight train in the municipality of Naco, Sonora, with the intention of verifying that there are no further risks.
After the derailment of a freight train in the municipality of Naco, Sonora, which caused the spillage of almost 60,000 liters of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), on July 25, Ferromez indicated that the accident was due to a landslide and there were no people affected. The company pointed out that the incident occurred in a depopulated area and was caused by a landslide at the ends of a sewer as a result of the excessive accumulation of water due to …
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Potosinoticias.comThey impose "urgently applied measures for the removal of damaged wagons and contaminated railway infrastructure".
Ferromex will have to present an environmental characterization plan and implement a remediation program approved by the Profepa. The railway accident caused the spillage of approximately 70 thousand 300 liters of sodium hydrosulfide over the course of a stream. The authorities keep the area under surveillance and carry out analyses to assess the impact on soil, water and biodiversity. The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarn…
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