U.S. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan is expected to hold a news conference on Thursday regarding the ongoing response in East Palestine, Ohio after a Feb. 3 train derailment with toxic chemicals, following a site visit of the impacted areas. U.S. EPA Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore as well as local, state and federal officials working on response efforts are also expected to be in attendance.

Approximately 50 Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train cars, some carrying toxic vinyl chloride and other hazardous chemicals, went off the tracks in Columbiana County on the evening of Feb. 3. Residents in and around East Palestine, a small town of about 5,000, were ordered to evacuate.

At first, authorities were worried there could be explosions at the site, but eventually they were able to remove the contents of five tanker cars full of vinyl chloride, an extremely combustible substance that is used in plastic production.

At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine insisted that after the cleanup by multiple agencies, the air and environment near the derailment was clean, and that’s why people were allowed back to their homes. He claimed to receive a call from President Joe Biden and that he was willing and ready to provide anything needed in East Palestine.

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