Baltimore mayor rejects request to process East Palestine wastewater

Maryland fends off plan to have wastewater from Ohio train derailment treated at Baltimore facility

The plan was to have 675,000 gallons of contaminated wastewater on its way to Maryland from East Palestine, Ohio, by Thursday. But that plan came to a screeching halt Tuesday after Maryland state and congressional lawmakers objected and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott moved to block the shipment. On Tuesday, Clean Harbors, the company handling contaminated runoff and wastewater from the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio la…

Baltimore Blocks EPA Plan to Dump Toxic Wastewater From East Palestine

"Too often cities with high rates of concentrated poverty and environmental degradation are asked to shoulder the burden for corporate malfeasance," said a Democratic City Council member. "East Palestine and Baltimore deserve better."

Baltimore City Mayor Blocks Toxic Ohio Train Waste From Being Dumped Into Treatment System

Baltimore City Mayor Blocks Toxic Ohio Train Waste From Being Dumped Into Treatment System We have been following this developing story since Friday regarding the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to transport toxic water from East Palestine, Ohio, to a water treatment facility in Baltimore. On Monday, local lawmakers from both Democratic and Republican parties united in expressing their concerns about the EPA…

Baltimore mayor rejects request to process East Palestine wastewater

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott denied a request from a contractor to dump pretreated wastewater from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this year, citing public health concerns. Clean Harbors, a waste management company, planned to bring at least 675,000 gallons of wastewater from East Palestine to the city-run Back River Wastewater…

East Palestine wastewater won't be processed at Baltimore facility following mayor's rejection

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Baltimore will no longer treat, discharge wastewater from Ohio train derailment

Wastewater from the site of an Ohio train derailment will no longer be treated and discharged in Baltimore.