Federal authorities have OK'd the resumption of waste removal from the site of the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, to begin on Monday.
The resumption comes after the EPA on Friday ordered train operator Norfolk Southern to temporarily stop the shipment of waste to disposal sites in other states, which had prompted environmental and public health concerns, so it could review the plans.
The waste will go to two EPA-certified facilities in Ohio.
- According to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's office, before Friday's shutdown, 15 truckloads of toxic soil were taken to a waste facility in Michigan, while other waste from East Palestine headed to Texas.
- The two states were reportedly not warned in advance of the plan to receive the waste, so the Environmental Protection Agency stepped in.
- The waste cleanup and disposal are ongoing weeks after the crash, which forced residents of the small town on the Pennsylvania border to evacuate.
