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cause of a large fire that burned for hours after the derailment. Some cars derailed but lost little or no oil, the state said, while photos show other tankers with large holes that would have released petroleum.
• Jerome Hand, a spokesman with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, said crews have removed 7,984 gallons of oil and water at the scene by skimming the top of the water for petroleum, but it's unclear how much of that was oil alone. Workers relied on floating booms to soak up oil in the first days after the accident, he said, but the state doesn't know how much was absorbed.
• Genesee & Wyoming said the derailment happened near a 60-foot-long, 10-foot-high wood trestle, which was underneath the derailed cars.
• The cause of the accident is under investigation.
• Water near the crash site empties into an unnamed tributary that flows into Lubbub Creek, which in turn drains into the Tombigbee, said Wathen, of the group Hurricane Creekkeeper.
• Wathen said he saw no evidence that oil had reached the Tombigee, which is about 3 miles downstream, but he cautioned that rains could cause flooding that would spread the contamination.
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Some EB-5 investments transferred to beef plant
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- More than two dozen foreigners who took part in an investment-for-green-cards immigration program had their $500,000 contributions transferred to a South Dakota beef plant after initially committing their funds for other projects, according to state records.
• Federal officials say such transfers are legal if certain conditions are met.
• Northern Beef Packers, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, is one of a handful of large projects in South Dakota to solicit funds from the federal EB-5 program, which allows foreigners to get visas if they invest $500,000 to $1 million in projects or businesses that create jobs for U.S. citizens. Approved investors can become legal permanent residents after two years and can later be eligible to become citizens.
• Six foreigners who contributed to the Dakota Provisions turkey processing plant in Huron had their investments transferred to Northern Beef, according to documents released by the South Dakota governor's office on Monday. Another 21 people who invested in an Iberdrola wind farm, which eventually took another financing route, wound up investing in the failed beef plant.
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