DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Contaminated soil from a Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio are back on schedule for disposal elsewhere after environmental officials paused the dumping of it in Wayne County over the weekend.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) said the process of moving contaminated soil to Michigan had been paused.

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Originally the soil transfer had been set under the direction of the state of Ohio and the Environmental Protection Agency. Norfolk Southern brought large dump trucks to remove the contaminated soil and transfer it to U.S. Ecology Wayne Disposal in Belleville.

Prior to the delivery halt, officials believe liquid waste may have already been disposed at a licensed hazardous waste injection well in Romulus.  Six truckloads of excavated soil had been earmarked for Belleville.

As previously reported, US Ecology (a Republic Services company) boasted its Wayne Disposal facility is the only commercial hazardous waste landfill in Michigan and the only landfill in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Tribes.

Roman Blahoski, External Communications Director for US Ecology, told Michigan News Source, “US Ecology is a leading provider of environmental solutions for the recycling and disposal of waste, and the company has comprehensive compliance programs in place to protect the environment. The low level of contaminants in the soil is well within the acceptable amount for disposal in our landfill. This state-of-the-art landfill was developed in accordance with federal regulations and is routinely inspected by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.”