CASSELTON, N.D. (KFGO-AM) The North Dakota Health Department has been in Casselton since Monday, closely overseeing the work of BNSF Railway and its contractors as they work to clean-up the massive oil train derailment.
Dave Glatt, the Department's Environmental Health Chief says the state doesn't have the equipment to monitor the work but does have the expertise to evaluate whether what BNSF is doing is appropriate. He says "we're looking over their shoulder."
Glatt says the primary concern now is cleaning up the contaminated soil and containing any runoff. He says they're still working to determine how much oil was recovered and what amount may have been spilled.