Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said 4,832 cubic yards of soil have been removed from the ground in East Palestine and about six truckloads were on the way to Michigan.
Officials in Texas and Michigan are complaining they didn't receive any warning that contaminated water and soil from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, would be shipped into their jurisdictions for disposal,About 2 million gallons of firefighting water from the train derailment site are expected to be disposed in Harris County, Texas, with about half a million gallons already there, according to the county's chief executive.
A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report found that one of the train's cars carrying plastic pellets was heated by a hot axle that sparked the initial fire, according to Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the safety board. She added that although there's no legal requirement for her office to be notified, "it doesn't quite seem right."
Hidalgo's office is seeking information about the disposal, including the chemical composition of the firefighting water, the precautions that are being taken, and why Harris County was the chosen site, she said. "Doing it in a way that doesn't let citizens of Wayne County know that it's coming just looks nefarious to me," Evans said.
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Soil, water from Ohio train wreck taken to Michigan, Texas jurisdictions without warning: officialsOhio Gov. Mike DeWine said 4,832 cubic yards of soil have been removed from the ground in East Palestine and about six truckloads were on the way to Michigan.
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Soil, water from Ohio train wreck taken to Michigan, Texas jurisdictions without warning: officialsOhio Gov. Mike DeWine said 4,832 cubic yards of soil have been removed from the ground in East Palestine and about six truckloads were on the way to Michigan.
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Soil, water from Ohio train wreck taken to Michigan, Texas jurisdictions without warning: officialsOhio Gov. Mike DeWine said 4,832 cubic yards of soil have been removed from the ground in East Palestine and about six truckloads were on the way to Michigan.
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Soil, water from Ohio train wreck taken to Michigan, Texas jurisdictions without warning: officialsOhio Gov. Mike DeWine said 4,832 cubic yards of soil have been removed from the ground in East Palestine and about six truckloads were on the way to Michigan.
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Soil, water from Ohio train wreck taken to Michigan, Texas jurisdictions without warning: officialsOhio Gov. Mike DeWine said 4,832 cubic yards of soil have been removed from the ground in East Palestine and about six truckloads were on the way to Michigan.
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Michigan officials livid Ohio train derailment waste was shipped to Romulus“The players here are Norfolk Southern Railway, and the EPA,” Evans said. “I am not here to say anybody was attempting to do anything nefarious. But I can say, that the outward effect of it looks like we're being sandbagged.
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