EPA Orders Temporary Halt to Shipping of Ohio Toxic Train Crash Contaminated Waste
Amid objections from Michigan authorities who said they were not aware hazardous materials were headed into their state, ...
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Amid objections from Michigan authorities who said they were not aware hazardous materials were headed into their state, ...
Officials from both Michigan and Texas say they were unaware that soil and water from the site of the East Palestine train derailment was taken to their areas.
“The players here are Norfolk Southern Railway, and the EPA,” Evans said. “I am not here to say anybody was attempting to do anything nefarious. But I can say, that the outward effect of it looks like we're being sandbagged.
State officials say Norfolk Southern Railroad chose the sites for waste disposal, and that the state has no authority to require approval for individual shipments of hazardous material or to prohibit hazardous waste from being transported for disposal across state lines.
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans said during a Friday evening press that more than 218,000 gallons of toxic liquid waste was on its way to the county and some had already arrived.