Ohio derailment shipping to resume

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Shipping contaminated waste from the site of a burning train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line is expected to resume Monday to two approved sites in Ohio, according to federal environmental authorities.

The announcement came a day after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered Norfolk Southern to ‘suspend’ shipments from the site of the February 3 derailment in eastern Palestine to allow to take additional monitoring measures on the place where the waste was sent. Some liquid and solid waste had already been moved to sites in Michigan and Texas.

EPA-certified facilities capable of accepting some of the waste have been identified, meaning shipments will be able to restart Monday, Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore of the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday. ‘environment.

Some of the liquid waste will be sent to a facility in Vickery, Ohio, for disposal in an underground injection well, Shore said. Norfolk Southern will also begin sending solid waste to an incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio, and additional solid waste disposal sites are being sought, it added.

“This is great news for the people of eastern Palestine and the surrounding community, as it means the cleanup can continue at a rapid pace,” he said.

The Ohio Governor’s Office reported late Saturday that five of 20 trucks (about 280 tons) of hazardous solid waste were returned to eastern Palestine after 15 trucks were turned back at a treatment and disposal facility. Hazardous Waste Disposal of Ohio, Michigan. Shore said material sent to sites in other states but later returned to eastern Palestine will now be sent to the two sites in Ohio.

According to Anne Vogel, director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.