EPA:  Nonprofit’s Ohio Train Derailment Case Should Be Dismissed Based On CERCLA

(September 15, 2023, 10:19 AM EDT) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator have filed a reply brief in Ohio federal court arguing that it should dismiss a lawsuit brought by a nonprofit organization over the East Palestine train derailment and the subsequent toxic chemical XE "toxic chemical"  spill because the court lacks jurisdiction on grounds that the suit interferes with a removal action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act....