East Palestine, Ohio train derailment

An Environmental Protection Agency administrator said Sunday that some liquid waste will be taken to an underground injection well in Vickery, ...

[evacuated residents to return to the area](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/analysis-did-dangerous-substances-spread-after-the-ohio-train-derailment) and that air testing in the town and inside hundreds of homes hasn’t detected any concerning levels of contaminants. [READ MORE: Analysis: Did dangerous substances spread after the Ohio train derailment?](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/analysis-did-dangerous-substances-spread-after-the-ohio-train-derailment) Shore said material shipped out to sites in other states, but later returned to East Palestine, would now be shipped to the two Ohio sites. They later opted to Some of the liquid waste will be sent to a facility in Vickery, Ohio, for disposal in an underground injection well, Shore said. Some liquid and solid waste had

The hazardous waste material already sent to Michigan and Texas is now being processed, EPA regional administrator Debra Shore said at a news conference ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is opening a "health resource center" in Darlington Township, across the border from the site where a train carrying ...

The Ohio Department of Health Darlington Township was within the one-mile radius that was ordered to evacuate during the controlled release and burn of five tankers. The Department of Health, health care providers and local leaders will open the center on Tuesday at the Darlington Township Building on Darlington Road. and is scheduled to operate through March 10. Josh Shapiro's Office said the center is for residents in Beaver and Lawrence counties who have concerns about the derailment. DARLINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given approval for contaminated waste to continue to be shipped out of East Palestine, Ohio.

Over the weekend, shipments were halted after waste was taken to sites in Michigan and Texas. [Timothy Townsend](https://www.essie.ufl.edu/people/name/timothy-townsend/), professor in the department of environmental engineering sciences at the University of Florida, about what is likely to happen to the waste. The Environmental Protection Agency has given approval for contaminated waste to continue to be shipped out of East Palestine, Ohio.

Here is where you can find information and assistance tied to the recent Ohio train derailment.

to 8 p.m. to 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to 12 p.m. Monday to Friday Environmental Protection AgencyInformation Hotline: 215-814-2400Hours: 8 a.m. Monday to FridayPhone: 814-863-0841Email: [email protected]: agsci.psu.edu/aasl Monday to Saturday Darlington Township Bottled Water DistributionDistributed from the township's municipal building at 3590 Darlington Road from 5 to 7 p.m. Concerned residents who are beyond the 2-mile radius are encouraged to reach out for testing by calling 412-442-4000. Pennsylvania Department of Health Resource CenterDarlington Township Building (3590 Darlington Road.) Open weekdays from 10 a.m. In addition to these resources, officials from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency have

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on Monday that the state Department of Health is opening a health resource center in Darlington Township.

Several state regulators said that they were relatively limited in what they could do at the state level to make railroad travel safer. Belke said he didn’t think one of the safety measures most widely discussed in the derailment’s aftermath — ECP electronic braking — would have helped. According to the initial National Transportation Safety Board report, a wayside detector alerted the train operators on the Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine right before its derailment on Feb. But the number of serious derailments amounts to only a fraction of a percent of all hazardous materials trains, Belke said. Meanwhile, on Monday, Carl Belke, the president of the Keystone State Rail Association, defended the safety practices of railroads in Pennsylvania by telling state lawmakers that there have been only four major train derailments with hazardous materials in the past decade. The Department of Health is also working with federal agencies to go door-to-door to ask residents about any symptoms they are having that may be related to chemical exposures, according to the release.

As of Sunday afternoon, the federal interagency teams have had "more than 350 interactions" with East Palestine residents, according to FEMA.

To date, the Columbiana County General Health District has sampled 119 private wells in the East Palestine area, with the final testing results pending, according to DeWine's office. EPA has conducted indoor air testing at a total of 574 homes in East Palestine and no contaminants associated with the Feb. The Texas facility "will dispose of liquid waste that has already been trucked out of East Palestine," DeWine's office said, but will not accept any additional liquid waste from the derailment site "at this time." Additional solid and liquid wastes are being generated as the cleanup progresses, according to the governor's office. 25 that the removal of hazardous waste from the derailment site has been paused by the U.S. Of the 20 truckloads -- or approximately 280 tons -- of hazardous solid waste hauled away from the derailment site, 15 truckloads of contaminated soil had already been disposed of at the Michigan facility. [controlled release and burn](https://abcnews.go.com/US/train-derails-flames-ohio-causes-half-town-evacuate/story?id=96892580) of the toxic vinyl chloride from the five tanker cars, which were in danger of exploding. The wheel bearing and affected wheelset have been collected as evidence and will be examined by the NTSB." Efforts to contain a fire at the derailment site stalled the following night, as firefighters withdrew from the blaze due to concerns about air quality and explosions. As of Sunday afternoon, the teams have had "more than 350 interactions" with East Palestine residents, answering questions and distributing information, according to FEMA Region 5 Administrator Tom Sivak. On the night of Feb. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S.

President Biden ordered FEMA, EPA and CDC officials to conduct door-to-door checks in East Palestine to check on residents impacted by the Ohio train ...

A total of 38 cars derailed in the 3 February incident, including 11 carrying hazardous materials. Solid and liquid waste from the derailment site is now being ...

The letter came as Mr Buttigieg was in East Palestine to meet with residents and investigators. "I have spoken with every single major figure in both Pennsylvania and Ohio," Mr Biden said last week. Some waste had already been shipped to facilities in Texas and Michigan.

About 15 truckloads of hazardous solid waste were disposed of at a Michigan waste treatment facility before officials ordered a pause on removal.

Shore said material shipped out to sites in other states, but later returned to East Palestine, would now be shipped to the two Ohio sites. Some of the liquid waste will be sent to a facility in Vickery, Ohio, for disposal in an underground injection well, Shore said. Some liquid and solid waste had already been taken to sites in Michigan and Texas.