The EPA so far hasn’t detected significant air contamination in the eastern Ohio community evacuated last week following a Norfolk Southern train derailment and explosion that produced a chemical plume, the agency said Tuesday.
The Feb. 3 freight train derailment and resulting release of vinyl chloride and other chemicals forced residents to evacuate their homes in the village of East Palestine near the Pennsylvania border.
The Norfolk Southern Railway Co. was notified by the Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 10 that the company will be held responsible for the cleanup and reimbursing the EPA’s costs in responding to the contamination ...
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