The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered states with approved and available toxic waste facilities to accept materials transported from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
The move, announced by EPA director Michael Regan at a news conference Friday morning, comes after governors in Oklahoma, Michigan and other states have recently turned away shipments.
The EPA also ordered Norfolk Southern to move faster to get the toxic waste out of the area.
“We believe Norfolk Southern could be moving faster to remove contaminated soil from East Palestine. We are also concerned that other states are prohibiting waste from being disposed of in their states,” Regan said. “The people of East Palestine are being hurt, and the EPA will not stand for it."
It also comes two days after Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, called on the Biden administration to do more to remove waste from the small village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that continues to struggle from a Norfolk Southern train derailment that released toxic chemicals into the air, water and ground.
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