YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – It will be “at least two more months” before cleanup efforts in East Palestine, the site of a Feb. 3 train derailment disaster, are finished, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency director testified at a U.S. House subcommittee hearing. “Ohio EPA’s priority is to oversee the removal of contaminated soil and water from […]
The subcommittee, which includes Valley Congressman Bill Johnson, will hear from a number of witnesses, including officials with the U.S. EPA, Ohio EPA and the Columbiana County Health Commissioner.