Illinois EPA seeks ethanol clean-up after derailment

In Illinois, the state EPA called on the Attorney-General to order the Canadian National Railroad to clean-up an ethanol spill from the 114-car train derailment, supply residents with uncontaminated drinking eater where necessary, and re-stock local rivers polluted by the spill.

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