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EPA Office of Inspector General to Scrutinize Response to East Palestine Derailment

Norfolk Southern contractors removing a burned tank car from the crash site.
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Norfolk Southern contractors removing a burned tank car from the crash site.

A government watchdog is conducting an investigation into the U.S. EPA’s response to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine Ohio. The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports.

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(Original air-date: 4/1/23)

Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets.