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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 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 Region 5 Tours Technical Center in Columbus, Ind., to Jumpstart Cleaner Trucks Initiative

  Agency seeks input on initiative for cleaner emission standards for heavy-duty trucks

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 Tours Technical Center in Columbus, Ind., to Jumpstart Cleaner Trucks Initiative

  • Release Date: January 27, 2020

• EPA Awards Nearly $6 Million to Indiana University to Monitor Airborne Pollution in the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $6 Million to Indiana University to Monitor Airborne Pollution in the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: September 26, 2019

• EPA and Ohio Propose Steubenville Area Now Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  EPA News Release: EPA and Ohio Propose Steubenville Area Now Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  • Release Date: September 20, 2019

• What They Are Saying About EPA's New Methane Proposal

  EPA News Release: What Republicans and Petroleum Executives Are Saying About EPA's New Methane Proposal

  • Release Date: August 29, 2019

• EPA, Ohio: Columbus is Nation’s First Non-Attainment Area to Meet Ozone Air Quality Standard

  EPA News Release: EPA, Ohio: Columbus is Nation’s First Non-Attainment Area to Meet Ozone Air Quality Standard

  • Release Date: August 21, 2019

• EPA and Illinois Announce that St. Louis Area Now Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Fine Particulate Matter

  EPA News Release: EPA and Illinois Announce that St. Louis Area Now Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Fine Particulate Matter

  • Release Date: May 29, 2019