Biden admin turns down OH request for toxic disaster assistance

[struth]

That's not what the op article said....

the article does not say FEMA is out of money

 

[Smokin' OP]

Teabaggers blame the "gubmint", not Norfolk Southern, the culprit.
They want to use taxpayer $$$ for corporate mistakes and theirs.

February 8 2023
Before this weekend’s fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment prompted emergency evacuations in Ohio, the company helped kill a federal safety rule aimed at upgrading the rail industry’s Civil War-era braking systems.

Documents show that when current transportation safety rules were first created, a federal agency sided with industry lobbyists and limited regulations governing the transport of hazardous compounds.
The decision effectively exempted many trains hauling dangerous materials — including the one in Ohio — from the “high-hazard” classification and its more stringent safety requirements.

Amid the lobbying blitz against stronger transportation safety regulations, Norfolk Southern paid executives millions and spent billions on stock buybacks — all while the company shed thousands of employees despite warnings that understaffing is intensifying safety risks.
Norfolk Southern officials also fought off a shareholder initiative that could have required company executives to “assess, review, and mitigate risks of hazardous material transportation.”

The sequence of events began a decade ago in the wake of a major uptick in derailments of trains carrying crude oil and hazardous chemicals, including a New Jersey train crash that leaked the same toxic chemical as in Ohio.

In response, the Obama administration in 2014 proposed improving safety regulations for trains carrying petroleum and other hazardous materials.
However, after industry pressure, the final measure ended up narrowly focused on the transport of crude oil and exempting trains carrying many other combustible materials, including the chemical involved in this weekend’s disaster.

Then came 2017: After rail industry donors delivered more than $6 million to GOP campaigns, the Trump administration — backed by rail lobbyists and Senate Republicans — rescinded part of that rule aimed at making better braking systems widespread on the nation’s rails.

 

[struth]

Actually Dewine needs to declare it a disaster, then Dewine can get the assistance he's requesting. Otherwise ohio isnt eligible.

Also, its not Biden thats denying it, its FEMA.
FEMA needs an emergency declaration from the state.

Dewine declared a state of emergency on Feb 3.

FEMA is part of the executive branch run by xiden. Xiden doesnkr need the state to act to declare a federal state of emergency if he wishes..more over he could send aid, but refuses

 

[struth]

Teabaggers blame the "gubmint", not Norfolk Southern, the culprit.
They want to use taxpayer $$$ for corporate mistakes and theirs.

February 8 2023
Before this weekend’s fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment prompted emergency evacuations in Ohio, the company helped kill a federal safety rule aimed at upgrading the rail industry’s Civil War-era braking systems.

Documents show that when current transportation safety rules were first created, a federal agency sided with industry lobbyists and limited regulations governing the transport of hazardous compounds.
The decision effectively exempted many trains hauling dangerous materials — including the one in Ohio — from the “high-hazard” classification and its more stringent safety requirements.

Amid the lobbying blitz against stronger transportation safety regulations, Norfolk Southern paid executives millions and spent billions on stock buybacks — all while the company shed thousands of employees despite warnings that understaffing is intensifying safety risks.
Norfolk Southern officials also fought off a shareholder initiative that could have required company executives to “assess, review, and mitigate risks of hazardous material transportation.”

The sequence of events began a decade ago in the wake of a major uptick in derailments of trains carrying crude oil and hazardous chemicals, including a New Jersey train crash that leaked the same toxic chemical as in Ohio.

In response, the Obama administration in 2014 proposed improving safety regulations for trains carrying petroleum and other hazardous materials.
However, after industry pressure, the final measure ended up narrowly focused on the transport of crude oil and exempting trains carrying many other combustible materials, including the chemical involved in this weekend’s disaster.

Then came 2017: After rail industry donors delivered more than $6 million to GOP campaigns, the Trump administration — backed by rail lobbyists and Senate Republicans — rescinded part of that rule aimed at making better braking systems widespread on the nation’s rails.

so xiden caved to lobbyists and didn’t put the safety measures back?

Personally i don’t blame the govt for the accident…i do blame xiden for the inability to respond. when an accident happens on the road, a driver might be liable but we expect fire, police and rescue to respond…so far xiden, even when requested and told the people of ohio they can die

 

[Care4all]

the article does not say FEMA is out of money

who said they were?

 

[struth]

who said they were?

you

That's not what the op article said....

 

[Care4all]

you

Nope! Never said they were out of money...

Btw, here is what THE REAL NEWS on it looks like....

Ohio governor asks for help from federal health agencies in East Palestine

DeWine said his administration has been in daily contact with FEMA about additional federal support.

www.axios.com

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Thursday that he has requested additional federal assistance — including from health agencies — over the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that resulted in the venting and burning of carcinogenic chemicals.

Driving the news: DeWine said he made the request after speaking with the White House Thursday morning. Earlier in the week, he said Biden had offered to provide "anything you need" but he had "not called him back after that conversation" but he would "not hesitate to do that if we're seeing a problem or anything but I’m not seeing it."

The latest: DeWine said he requested assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Health and Emergency Response Team and the CDC.

• He said his administration has been in daily contact with FEMA about additional federal support.
• "FEMA continues to advise that Ohio is not eligible for assistance at this time," DeWine said Thursday. "I will continue working with FEMA to determine what assistance can be provided."
• Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to DeWine Thursday asking that the governor declare the derailment a disaster "to ensure the community has all the resources they need" and drive more federal funds to the area.

The big picture: The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing to the monitor the air throughout East Palestine.

Go deeper: What we know about the Ohio train derailment

 

[struth]

Nope! Never said they were out of money...

Btw, here is what THE REAL NEWS on it looks like....

Ohio governor asks for help from federal health agencies in East Palestine

DeWine said his administration has been in daily contact with FEMA about additional federal support.

www.axios.com

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Thursday that he has requested additional federal assistance — including from health agencies — over the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that resulted in the venting and burning of carcinogenic chemicals.

Driving the news: DeWine said he made the request after speaking with the White House Thursday morning. Earlier in the week, he said Biden had offered to provide "anything you need" but he had "not called him back after that conversation" but he would "not hesitate to do that if we're seeing a problem or anything but I’m not seeing it."

The latest: DeWine said he requested assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Health and Emergency Response Team and the CDC.

• He said his administration has been in daily contact with FEMA about additional federal support.
• "FEMA continues to advise that Ohio is not eligible for assistance at this time," DeWine said Thursday. "I will continue working with FEMA to determine what assistance can be provided."
• Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to DeWine Thursday asking that the governor declare the derailment a disaster "to ensure the community has all the resources they need" and drive more federal funds to the area.

The big picture: The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing to the monitor the air throughout East Palestine.

Go deeper: What we know about the Ohio train derailment

yes FEMA denial…that’s what we are discussing…Xiden’s doublespeak

 

[AMart]

 

[Rust_Cohle]

By whom, the state?

The EPA (told everyone to go home and the water was safe), FEMA won't let a disaster be called

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[airplanemechanic]

Biden said Ohio voted Trump 2020 so let them burn in acid.

 

[Resnic]

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What an absolute piece of shit! Defend this one Biden voters

He probably didn't want to help them because ohio voted republican in the 2020 election and has a republican governor.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

He probably didn't want to help them because ohio voted republican in the 2020 election and has a republican governor.

Well....... living here I can tell you we can hardly call DeRino a Republican, but unfortunately he's part of our party.

 

[Lakhota]

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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[miketx]

He does not work for FEMA

The fed controls fema you lying pos.

 

[struth]

1) this wasn't oil
2) why didn't Xiden reinstate them if they were so important?

 

[Rust_Cohle]

 

[Resnic]

Well....... living here I can tell you we can hardly call DeRino a Republican, but unfortunately he's part of our party.

Ah ok. I don't know much about him. I live just a bit south of Cincinnati in Kentucky. So all I know are ad campaigns around election time.

 

[Calypso Jones]

So...this is why Ohio-ans are getting no relief effort on their behalf.... racial equity.

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