Heritage Environmental is scheduled to hold a meeting Wednesday, March 1, on the contaminated waste from the East Palestine, OH, train derailment being brought into Putnam County.

That meeting will now be held at 7 p.m., at the Russellville Community Center located at 300 N. Harrison Street in Russellville.

The Putnam County Health Department has issued the following statement on contaminated waste from the East Palestine, OH, train derailment being brought into Putnam County:

Like many Putnam County residents, we were surprised by the decision of Norfolk Southern to send hazardous materials from the East Palestine train derailment to the Heritage Environmental Services landfill at Roachdale, Indiana.

As we learn more about this process and the chemicals involved, we will share that with residents.

We will continue to monitor the situation and work with our colleagues at the Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and Heritage Environmental Services.

The Putnam County Health Department will perform well water testing around the Heritage Environmental site. We will make those results available once we receive them.

We are thankful that if these materials are brought to Indiana, they will be in the hands of the H.E.S. professionals who are regulated through the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.