Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars

In accordance with the 1997 Virginia Senate Joint Resolution No. 257, railroad companies in Virginia are required to submit annual reports to the General Assembly about coal dust blown from moving trains in the Commonwealth. The reports are meant to summarize efforts to identify and mitigate fugitive coal dust emissions from rail corridors and facilities in Virginia.

In the initial joint resolution in 1997, it is noted that the "Clerk of the Senate" must "transmit a copy of this resolution to ... Norfolk Southern Corporation", (and does not name any other railroad company). The NS reports are well documented and available online. NS seems to be the only railroad company required to do this.

Lamberts Point

Most of the NS reports mention the Lamberts Point community by name, as far back as the first report in 1998.

This first report states that NS has installed three total suspended particulate monitors and one particulate matter monitor in the area, and that no measurements exceeded DEQ ambient air quality standards in that year.

Documents

Norfolk Southern Annual Reports (1998-2024)

• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 1998 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 1999
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 1999 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 2000
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2000 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 2001
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2001 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 2002
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2002 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 2003
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2003 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 2004.
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2004 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 2005
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2005 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2006
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2006 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2007
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2007 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2008
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2008 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2009
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2009 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2010
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2010 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2011
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2011 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2012
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2012 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2013
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2013 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2014
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2014 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2015
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2015 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2016
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2016 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2017
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2017 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, March 2018
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2018 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, January 2019
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2019 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, February 2020
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2020 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, March 2021
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2021 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, March 2022
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2022 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, March 2023
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2023 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, March 2024
• Norfolk Southern Corporation, 2024 Annual Report to the Joint Subcommittee Studying Measures to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Carrying Railroad Cars per Senate Resolution No. 257, March 2025