WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will return to East Palestine, Ohio, on June 25 for a public meeting on its final report on the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern derailment and toxic chemical release, the board announced today.
During the meeting, set for 9:30 a.m. ET at East Palestine High School, the board will vote on its final findings, probable cause, and recommendations, as well as any changes to its draft report. The meeting will also be carried live on the NTSB YouTube Channel.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy also announced plans for community meetings on June 24 and 25 at the high school, providing an opportunity for the public to ask about the NTSB and its investigative process. Details on those meetings are still to come.
The board held two days of hearings on the derailment in East Palestine last June 22-23 [as reported in News Wire articles here, here, and here].
“The NTSB is returning to East Palestine for our final board meeting for the same reasons we went last summer: Because the communities most affected by this tragedy deserve to hear our findings in-person and in real-time,” Homendy said in a press release.
The board’s web page on the East Palestine incident is available here; its docket of more than 1,800 pages of reports and other data is here.
Invite the leaders of Ancora Holdings to this meeting please. Seat them in the third row surrounded by the residents of East Palestine. Thank you.