Soil that was contaminated as a result of the East Palestine train derailment is starting to be shipped off to Michigan.

The process began Thursday, according to a press release from Gov. Mike DeWine.

Under the direction of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Norfolk Southern brought in large dump trucks to move the soil to U.S. Ecology Wayne Disposal, a licensed hazardous waste disposal facility in Michigan.

As of Thursday afternoon, 4,832 cubic yards of soil have been excavated, the release notes. More may be removed throughout the cleaning process. When the process begins to dig up the tracks and remove the soil underneath, that soil will be hauled away immediately and taken to a proper disposal facility.

Contaminated liquid also has been removed from the immediate site of the derailment, the release states, with most going to Texas.

A total 1.715 million gallons has been removed. Of this, 1.133 million gallons have been hauled off-site, most of which is going to Texas Moleculas, a hazardous waste disposal facility in Texas. A smaller amount of liquid is going to Vickery Environmental in Vickery, Ohio.

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