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Attorney General Madigan Announces Settlement with BNSF Railway for Oil Spill Caused by Train Derailment

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2017.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a settlement with Delaware-based BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) following a train derailment that caused a crude oil spill near the city of Galena.

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The settlement resolves environmental concerns that arose in 2015 when a BNSF train derailed, spilling a large amount of crude oil that ignited near Galena, Ill. Following the spill, Madigan’s office obtained an agreed court order to require BNSF to clean up the…

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