Monica Mercola, the staff counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, says there’s a process behind cleanup.
“In order to properly remediate these kinds of events, hazardous waste needs to then be moved removed from the area and put into a proper facility that has the ability to dispose of it adequately,” Mercola said.
One of the facilities the waste was going to be disposed of was in Oklahoma. The EPA said Norfolk Southern has a contract with the facility.