EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold another Community Resource Open House on March 16, 2023, from 6-8 p.m. at the East Palestine school gym (360 West Grant Street). This will be an opportunity for residents to talk face-to-face and ask questions to representatives of responding agencies. Residents will also have the opportunity to learn more about the scientific equipment that EPA uses to monitor the quality of the air.
At the same time, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania agencies and State Representative Jim Marshall will host a Community Resource Open House for Pennsylvania residents at the Darlington Township Volunteer Fire Department (3590 Darlington Road, Darlington, Penn.).
EPA and Norfolk Southern contractors continue to take soil samples at agricultural, residential, commercial, and recreational properties in both Ohio and Pennsylvania.