96https://indiana.gop/ John,

Just a few weeks ago, the EPA
announced that they were taking control of the cleanup of the East
Palestine train derailment.

And ever since, it’s been disaster after
disaster.

The latest? At a press conference earlier this week, the
agency promised to notify elected officials and state agencies before
approving the shipment of any waste from the derailment site to another
state — they didn’t.

On Tuesday, Governor Holcomb pushed back on the
agency’s decision to transport hazardous materials from the derailment
to an Indiana facility without advance notice and after the state
conveyed it should be transported to the nearest facility to the
derailment.

Here's what he had to say —

“I continue to object to
the EPA Administrator’s decision, from Washington, D.C., to move
hazardous waste from the East Palestine train derailment to Indiana.
Further, there has been a lack of communication with me and other
Indiana officials about this decision.

“After learning third-hand
that materials may be transported to our state yesterday [Monday], I
directed my environmental director to reach out to the agency. The
materials should go to the nearest facilities, not moved from the far
eastern side of Ohio to the far western side of Indiana. I have made a
request to speak to the administrator to discuss this matter. I want to
know exactly what precautions will be taken in the transport and
disposition of the materials.”

Governor Holcomb is right — the
materials should go to the nearest facilities, not hundreds of miles
across state lines, and not without increased oversight.

The Biden
administration has once again shown its incompetence and must be held
accountable.

— Indiana Republican Party HQ
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