“We don’t want it burned here because they’ve proven they can’t be trusted, we don’t even know what is in that dirt,” said Amanda Kiger, Executive Director of River Valley Organizing and East End resident.
from 2018 that show Heritage was cited by the EPA for violations of the Clean Air Act and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants over the years.
It’s just one of the reasons why many East Liverpool residents are on high alert and on edge. They tell 19 News they don’t want East Palestine’s toxic soil here in their community after all they’ve endured. East Liverpool residents worry about toxic soil from East Palestine being burned in their community at Heritage Thermal Services.“Yes. Yes, as soon as I can find somewhere that I can afford that’s close to work because I work out in Lisbon so anything that I can find that’s out of the 30-mile radius at least.”
“These substances, this should go to the newest, the most state of the art facility and this aging 30 years old facility is not it,” said Kiger. 19 News reached out to Heritage Thermal Services for a response to the residents’ concerns but did not hear back at the time of the broadcast.
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