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Mfume's office said he has requested a meeting with EPA Administrator Michael Regan to urge him to reject the corporation's plan.
Two Maryland State delegates from Baltimore County said in a joint letter Tuesday that they are asking for "strong accountability" regarding 67,000 gallons of pretreated wastewater that will be headed from East Palestine, Ohio, to Baltimore for treatment.
Norfolk Southern, the company responsible for the incident, is contracting with Clean Harbors to have the potentially toxic water collected at the crash site processed at its Baltimore facility.
Norfolk Southern intends to ship 75,000 gallons a day of hazardous wastewater to the city on or after April 29, but that the shipments have not begun as of Monday, the Maryland agency said.
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