The EPA briefly paused the shipments after lawmakers in Michigan and Texas complained they were blindsided by news that the waste was headed to their states.
Now Congresswoman Debbie Dingell wants Michigan environmental officials to hear more from the public before renewing the operating license for the disposal site in Romulus about 20 miles from Detroit.
Dingell noted weeks ago she and her late husband, former Congressman John Dingell, long had concerns about the storage facility.
“My husband and I were both opposed to the Romulus site. I remain opposed to that. I don’t think these kinds of sites should be in populated areas.”
Dingell says public comment on the site’s renewal application had closed by the time waste arrived from East Palestine.