(Beaver, Pa.) The Beaver County Commissioners sent out a press release to the media on Wednesday afternoon with an update concerning the train derailment in East Palestine Ohio that occurred on February  3, 2023. You can read the release below:

The Beaver County Board of Commissioners had a meeting with Governor Josh Shapiro, along with PEMA Director Randy Padfield and Acting Secretary of the DEP Richard Negrin yesterday at the County’s 911 Center regarding the train derailment in East Palestine. Assurances were made at the meeting that data obtained associated with air monitoring readings have been at safe levels since the monitoring after the derailment began and this data will be released to the public. Moving forward, the State will continue to run tests on the water in the area and will provide those results as they become available. Since that meeting, the Governor has reached out to Norfolk Southern expressing concerns with the company’s management of the train derailment, and the Commissioners support his continued efforts in this regard.

We want to emphasize to the citizens of Beaver County, there has been nothing to date to indicate air, water, or soil in Beaver County has been compromised as a result of this train derailment. Be assured the State and Federal agencies will continue to monitor the scene and will let us know if that were to change.

If you have been immediately impacted, displaced, or asked to relocate and still have questions or concerns, please call the Family Assistance Center Hot Line at 1-800-230-7049, or Beaver County Emergency Services at 724-773-6767.