By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Resistance also was fierce in other states, including Indiana ...
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a phony charity that falsely claimed to be collecting donations to benefit residents of East Palestine following the Norfolk Southern train derailment. Yost’s lawsuit alleges that Mike Peppel, in soliciting contributions, presented his ...
Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services was awarded nearly $2.9 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This money will help state officials meet the behavioral health needs of citizens affected by traumatic ...
UNITY TOWNSHIP — A semi tractor-trailer crashed in Unity Township on Monday, spilling 20,000 pounds of contaminated soil from the East Palestine train derailment onto state Route 165. The vehicle was traveling northbound on state Route 165 when it traveled off the roadway and overturned onto its right side, according to a press release from Gov. Mike DeWine. It was carrying 40,000 pounds of soil. The crash happened just north of Waterford Road and the driver sustained minor injuries, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol. A local fire department and the Ohio Environmental ...
NEW WATERFORD — The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) turned its agricultural plant tissue sampling plan into a process on Monday, as the ODA collected plant tissue samples from Lindsay’s Pine Hill Jersey Farm in New Waterford. The sampling was the first for ODA, which established a ...
EAST PALESTINE—The following are updates from the State of Ohio regarding remediation work at the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Hazardous Waste Removal According to the Ohio EPA, approximately 11.4 million gallons of liquid wastewater have been hauled out of East Palestine in total. There is currently a pile of approximately 17,300 tons of excavated soil waiting for removal from East Palestine, versus 19,900 tons that have been removed. Private Well Testing The Ohio Department of Health, working with the Columbiana County Health District, ...
