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• EPA and Justice Department File Complaint Against Norfolk Southern Railway Company for Unlawful Discharge of Pollutants and Hazardous Substances in East Palestine Derailment

  EPA News Release: EPA and Justice Department File Complaint Against Norfolk Southern Railway Company for Unlawful Discharge of Pollutants and Hazardous Substances in East Palestine Derailment

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• 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 Mid-Atlantic Recognizes First Asthma Community Champion

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Recognizes First Asthma Community Champion

  • Release Date: May 24, 2021

• EPA Removing Portions of the North Penn Area 6 Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Removing Portions of the North Penn Area 6 Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: May 20, 2021

• EPA Removing Portions of Palmerton Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Removing Portions of Palmerton Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: May 20, 2021

• EPA Proposes Removing Butler Mine Tunnel from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Removing Butler Mine Tunnel from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: May 14, 2021

• EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir

  EPA News Release: EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir

  • Release Date: May 6, 2021