EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) - Federal environmental regulators on Tuesday took bill of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio narrate derailment and chemical burn and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill.

The Environmental Protection Agency told Norfolk Southern to take all available measures to orderly up contaminated air and water, and also said the business would be required to reimburse the federal government for a new program to gave cleaning services for impacted residents and businesses.

The EPA told Norfolk Southern that if the company failed to comply with its clean, the agency would perform the work itself and seek triple compensations from the company.

"The Norfolk Southern train derailment has upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA's order will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and security of this community," EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said in a statement forward of a planned news conference with the governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

"Let me be clear: Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess they complete and for the trauma they've inflicted on this community," he said.

"In no way lovely or form will Norfolk Southern get off the hook for the mess they created," Regan said at the boring conference.

He added that he knows the order "cannot undo the nightmare that families in this town have been living with, but it will start to deliver much needed comfort for the pain that Norfolk Southern has caused."

The activity said it would release more details on the cleanup facility for residents and businesses this week.

Petroleum based chemicals float on the top of the waters in Leslie Run creek after being agitated from the sediment on the bottom of the creek on February 20, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio following a train derailment prompting health concerns. (Photo

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The EPA said its smart marks the end of the "emergency" phase of the derailment and the lead of long-term remediation phase in the East Palestine area.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday also acknowledged the community's danger that it will be left to handle the aftermath on its own once the news cameras sever and public attention turns elsewhere, and he assured residents that won't be the case.

EPA originated the order under the so-called Superfund law that scholarships the agency authority to order those responsible for contamination or risky waste to clean it up. EPA can fine the railway up to $70,000 a day if the work is not ruined. EPA can also do the work itself if significant and bill Norfolk Southern triple its costs.

Appearing at the news conference with Regan, DeWine and other officials, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro blasted Norfolk Southern over what he visited its "failed management of this crisis," saying the commerce chose not to take part in a unified incident pronounce, and provided inaccurate information and conflicting modeling data.

"The combination of Norfolk Southern's corporate greed, incompetence, and lack of concern for our residents is absolutely unacceptable to me," he said.

Shapiro said his management had made a criminal referral of Norfolk Southern to the Pennsylvania attorney general's organization, while DeWine said Ohio's attorney general had also launched an investigation.

Separately, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a package of reforms Tuesday, calling on railroad operators to take immediate steps to development safety, such as accelerating the planned upgrade of tank cars.

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Some 50 freight cars derailed on the outskirts of East Palestine, near the Pennsylvania state line, prompting persistent environmental and health companies. The derailment prompted an evacuation as fears grew throughout a potential explosion of smoldering wreckage.

Officials seeking to avoid the hazardous of an uncontrolled blast chose to intentionally release and burn toxic vinyl chloride from five rail cars, sending flames and gloomy smoke again billowing high into the sky. That left republic questioning the potential health impacts for residents in the area and beyond, even as authorities maintained they were doing their best to defensive people.

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Rubinkam reported from northeastern Pennsylvania.