by Vanessa Serna at Daily Mail
- Toxic waste from the wreckage will be sent to Vickery and Liverpool in Ohio
- Shipments of the hazardous waste could begin on Monday after a two day pause
- Some liquids were already taken to facilities in Michigan and Texas
Shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line will resume Monday to two approved sites in the state, according to federal environmental authorities.
EPA-certified facilities able to accept some of the waste had been identified, which meant shipments could restart Monday, Region 5 administrator Debra Shore, of the Environmental Protection Agency, said Sunday.
The announcement came a day after the Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern to ‘pause’ shipments from the site of the February 3 derailment in East Palestine to allow additional oversight measures about where waste was shipped.
‘All of this is great news for the people of East Palestine and the surrounding community, because it means cleanup can continue at a rapid pace,’ she said.
Some liquid and solid waste had already been taken to sites in Michigan and Texas…