by Just the News Staff
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced that it would be seizing oversight of the ongoing Ohio train derailment disaster, ordering the company behind the incident to submit to an EPA-approved cleanup plan as part of its management of the crisis.
The EPA said in a press release that it would “approve a workplan outlining all steps necessary to clean up the environmental damage caused by the derailment.”
If the company, Norfolk Southern, “fails to complete any actions as ordered by EPA, the Agency will immediately step in, conduct the necessary work, and then seek to compel Norfolk Southern to pay triple the cost,” the announcement continued.
The derailment in question occurred on Feb. 3 near East Palestine, Ohio, when a nearly-two-mile-long train jumped the tracks there, scattering dozens upon dozens of cars across the crash site.
Officials in the area subsequently performed a controlled burn at the site, one that spread chemicals such as hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the local environment.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan said on Tuesday that the crash “has upended the lives of East Palestine families,” and that the agency’s order “will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this community.”
“As we transition from emergency response, EPA will continue to coordinate closely with our local, state, and federal partners through a whole-of-government approach to support the East Palestine community during the remediation phase,” Regan continued, adding: “To the people of East Palestine, EPA stands with you now and for as long as it may take.”
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Photo “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in East Palestine, Ohio” by Michael Regan, U.S. EPA.
Amazing – All it took to make this and many other federal actions to occur was from Donald Trump to plan a trip to East Palestine. It even woke up Pothole Pete.
The article linked below is a must read:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/no_author/cdc-alters-webpage-days-after-east-palestine-train-derailment-to-make-vinyl-chloride-look-less-toxic/
And then there is the filming of the movie White Noise about the same event in the same place, this is beyond ironic.
https://6abc.com/white-noise-movie-ohio-train-derailment/12820689/
This is our federal government at work. No nation in it’s right mind would elect a government as corrupt as we have now. It is another example of how dishonest the democrats are when it comes to election integrity. And now this is want we are left with.
Why were the toxic chemicals which spilled from the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck burned, instead of being pumped-up and carried away by/in rail or truck tankers? I submit that these dangerous, deadly chemicals were burned because that was quicker and easier to do. Question: How much money would the railroad lose for every HOUR that this railroad line remained closed? I’ll wager that the amount is staggering–at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, and maybe more! The railroad wanted to get that line back open asap! Government officials should not have let the railroad do this by burning those chemicals! Now the town and everything about it is monetarily worthless (to say nothing about the individual health issues caused) because of the environmental disaster that has been created!