A week after three truckloads of soil from the fiery East Palestine, Ohio train derailment arrived in Putnam County, they have been stopped for the time being.

Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it will temporarily halt the shipments to Indiana from the train derailment site. A little over a month ago, a train carrying toxic and combustible chemicals derailed, sending toxic material into the soil. 

The decision to halt shipments comes on the heels of protests from Putnam County residents, as well as elected officials, with the bulk of the protests centering around Indiana officials not knowing shipments were headed to Putnam County until after the fact and whether or not the material contains dioxins, which are compounds known to cause cancer. 

According to the EPA, no dioxins have been found in soil and sediment testing at the East Palestine site. Instead, officials state trichloromethane, vinyl chloride and xylenes have all been found and all three are listed as "hazardous" by OHSA. 

The decision to halt shipments comes on the heels of Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb asking Minnesota-based Pace Analytics to do third party sampling immediately of the shipments that arrived at the Heritage Environmental Services landfill in Putnam County. 

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun has also been vocal about the shipments arriving in Indiana. 

"This halted shipment should stay halted, and the Biden EPA should explain why they started shipping material to Indiana instead of Michigan as originally planned," Braun said.