GAP Sues USDA For Records about Response to Agricultural Contamination in East Palestine, Ohio

On April 17, 2026,  we filed suit on behalf of Government Accountability Project against the United States Department of Agriculture for refusing to remove improper redactions to records regarding the agency’s response to potential agricultural contamination following the February 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern train derailment and subsequent open burning of vinyl chloride tanks in East Palestine, Ohio.

Read the complaint here.

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