“I just think what the teachers have done, what the superintendent or the principal, you know, they all jumped in right away,” the Governor said.
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio - It’s been nearly a month since the toxic train derailment turned the people of East Palestine’s lives upside down.DeWine got an up-close look at how crews are clearing the hazardous waste. His first stop was the derailment site where crews are removing contaminated soil.
According to the Ohio EPA, nearly 2,000,000 gallons of liquid wastewater have been hauled out of East Palestine. 15,000 gallons have been shipped to Vickery Environmental in Vickery, Ohio and 700 tons of solid waste have been removed and will be incinerated. The day wrapped up with a joint press conference that included a major announcement from the Federal Railroad Administration.
“We will continue to take steps to ensure the highest level of safety and so that no community experiences what the people of east Palestine are going through right now and have endured for the last several weeks,” Bose said.
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