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• EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  EPA will direct immediate cleanup as appropriate if contaminants from the derailment pose any unacceptable risk to human health

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  • Release Date: March 2, 2023

• EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  EPA Community Welcome Center to provide community with ‘one-stop shop’ for information about the ongoing response to the train derailment; EPA deploys TAGA mobile lab to conduct real-time air-monitoring during waste removal

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA order comes as state-led emergency response transitions to environmental cleanup phase; EPA will continue to work with local, state, and federal partners to ensure the health and safety of East Palestine community

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 21, 2023

• Statement from Regional Administrator Debra Shore on the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA News Release: Statement from Regional Administrator Debra Shore on the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 14, 2023

• EPA selects University of Illinois to receive $323,928 in Pollution Prevention funding

  EPA News Release: EPA selects University of Illinois to receive $323,928 in Pollution Prevention funding

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• EPA selects Ohio to receive $36,200 in Pollution Prevention funding

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Ohio to receive $36,200 in Pollution Prevention funding

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• EPA selects Michigan to receive $178,810 in Pollution Prevention funding

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Michigan to receive $178,810 in Pollution Prevention funding

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• EPA selects University of Wisconsin-Madison to receive $411,963 in Pollution Prevention funding

  EPA News Release: EPA selects University of Wisconsin-Madison to receive $411,963 in Pollution Prevention funding

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• EPA selects Minnesota to receive $72,406 in Pollution Prevention funding

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Minnesota to receive $72,406 in Pollution Prevention funding

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• EPA completes oil spill cleanup at Duck Creek in Toledo, Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA completes oil spill cleanup at Duck Creek in Toledo, Ohio

  • Release Date: May 13, 2020

• EPA Region 5 to Donate Excess PPE for Use Fighting COVID-19

  More than 10,000 pieces of PPE to be donated for use in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 to Donate Excess PPE for Use Fighting COVID-19

  • Release Date: April 3, 2020

• EPA welcomes appointees from Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin to Local Government Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA welcomes appointees from Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: February 25, 2020