The cleanup of last week’s train derailment in Pike County is progressing and has entered a new phase, officials report.

According to a social media post by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, the “emergency phase” of the response to the Feb. 13 derailment of a CSX ethanol train at Draffin in Pike County ends today, Thursday, Feb. 20. According to the cabinet, CSX has removed all contaminated soil from the site of the derailment and is preparing to repair its railroad tracks, which have been blocked and closed since the derailment.

According to the cabinet, the contaminated soil recovered from the derailment site will be loaded into lined gondola railcars and shipped to a staging area where final soil testing will be performed before the material is disposed of in a landfill. All of the derailed tank cars and the three locomotives recovered from the site are being held in a staging area near the Draffin bridge as they go through a “cleaning process before removal.”

The cabinet reports that CSX will continue long-term monitoring of the derailment site, including water sampling.

The derailment occurred just upstream from an intake for Mountain Water District. The district reports, however, that the system was shut down before it could be affected by any materials spilled by the derailment and since it was restared, has passed continued testing performed in the wake of the incident.

The train derailed as a result of striking a massive mudslide just south of the Draffin bridge. The lead locomotive of the train came to rest partially in the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River. The train, a southbound train consisting of three locomotives, 96 loaded ethanol cars and two loaded buffer cars loaded with sand, caught fire following the derailment. The train crew — an engineer and conductor — were injured in the crash, but were rescued from the scene by boat operated by Millard Fire and Rescue.

The burned remains of the three locomotives were recovered from the derailment site on Tuesday.