This Web site chronicles the City of Alexandria’s actions regarding the Norfolk Southern Corporation’s Ethanol Transloading Facility, which began operation in April 2008. The facility is located at the former Norfolk Southern intermodal terminal in the City’s West End.
Ethanol is essentially grain alcohol that has been produced from crops such as corn, wheat, and barley. Because it is domestically produced, it reduces our dependence on foreign fuel sources. Naturally high-octane ethanol contains more oxygen, so it burns cleaner than gasoline and reduces carbon monoxide emissions. Most gasoline-powered vehicles can run on a blend consisting of gasoline and up to 10% ethanol.
On June 16, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond affirmed the decision of the lower court, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, that the City’s attempt to regulate trucks leaving the Norfolk Southern Ethanol Transloading Facility was pre-empted by federal law.
On October 1, City Manager James K. Hartmann wrote a letter to David T. Lawson of the Norfolk Southern Corporation, in response to the company’s failure to inform the City Fire Department about a 50-gallon ethanol spill on September 29 at the Ethanol Transloading Facility.
Documents, testimony, timelines, electronic and written correspondence, media coverage and other City materials related to the Norfolk Southern facility.
Information and documents chronicling legal actions taken by the City and Norfolk Southern regarding the ethanol transloading facility and its operations.
On June 16, 2008, Mayor William D. Euille and the Alexandria City Council released a statement concerning the City's actions regarding the Norfolk Southern ethanol transloading facility.
In response to recent complaints of excessive noise from the Norfolk Southern Ethanol Transloading Facility made by Cameron Station residents, Norfolk Southern’s General Solicitor-Environmental, A. Gayle Jordan, sent the following e-mail, dated March 20.
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