East Palestine will get $22 million in a settlement from Norfolk Southern on top of the already $13 million already paid.
Vance will be joined by Gov. Mike DeWine and both of Ohio's U.S. senators, as well as new U.S. EPA Director Lee Zeldin.
It has been just over two years since a freight train derailment in the village in East Palestine near the Pennsylvania line.
The vice president of the United States will visit East Palestine two years after the East Palestine train derailment.
A Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spilled chemicals, sickening residents. Now researchers are tracking the long-term health effects.
Vance will be joined by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, newly-sworn-in U.S. Senator Jon Husted, U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno and U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in his visit to the village.
East Palestine and Norfolk Southern also announced that the company will no longer build a safety training center for first responders.
As we approach two years since a train derailed in the Village of East Palestine, Ohio, Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay a $22 million settlement to the town. The mayor said it's a turning point for the community.
Vice President J.D. Vance, a vocal advocate as a U.S. senator for East Palestine after a massive Feb. 3, 2023, train derailment resulted in the release of toxic chemicals, will visit the village Monday on the two-year anniversary of the incident.
Vice President JD Vance will visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 3, to mark two years since a train derailment in the town sparked an environmental and public health crisis, according to a person familiar with his plans.
With the statute of limitations to file suit against Norfolk Southern for damages inflicted by the 2023 train derailment and subsequent chemical release less than a week away, East Palestine Council announced the village and the railroad have reached a settlement.
The Village of East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from a disastrous train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in 2023.