West Lake Community Meeting Notice, 03/20/2014

  Don’t forget our CommUnity meeting is this coming Thursday! We often run out of time to get to everyone’s questions at our meetings as there is just so much information to cover in such short time. We will have paper and pencils at the…

EPA Said to Seek Softer Review of Dump Agency Might Be Concerned About Cost Of Moving Nuclear Waste, Some Say

 WSJ LINK TO THE ARTICLE By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER March 9, 2014 8:04 p.m. ET Dawn Chapman, left, and Karen Nickel at the West Lake dump near St. Louis. They say its radioactive waste should be removed rather than capped. Sarah Conard for The Wall Street…

Confused About The Bridgeton And West Lake Landfills? Here’s What You Should Know

This radiation warning sign is posted on the perimeter fence of the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Mo. Credit Sarah Skiold-Hanlin, St. Louis Public Radio By VÉRONIQUE LACAPRA, St. Louis Public Radio On Friday morning, NPR reported that 13 employees at the only dedicated nuclear waste dump in the…

News Articles: Federally Elected Officials and Pattonville School District sents letter’s to EPA.

  Thank you to our federally elected officials and to Pattonville School District who today joined in with The Pattonville Fire Protection District, The Franciscan Sister of Mary, SSM Healthcare, North County Incorporated, St. Louis County Council, the Cities of St. Louis, Florissant, Black Jack,…

Letter from Pattonville School District, addressed to Karl Brooks and the EPA, asking for the site to be turned over to FUSRAP

The community received this letter from Pattonville School District, addressed to Karl Brooks and the EPA, asking for the site to be turned over to FUSRAP. Thank you Pattonville and Dr. Fulton for supporting your community! Full Pattonville EPA letter

Letter to EPA – Karl Brooks from Our Elected Officials – Sen. Blunt; Sen. McCaskill; Congressman Clay and Congresswoman Wagner

02.28.14_Westlake_Letter_to_EPA_Region_7 ++++++++++++++++++ V E R Y .. I M P O R T A N T ++++++++++++++++ The attached letter is what hard work, dedicatin and doing the right thing looks like!  Going to the ends of the earth to protect your family and your…

County Executive Charlie Dooley and North County Incorporated sends letter to EPA in support of Transferring West Lake Landfill to FUSRAP

 Thank You North County Incorporated and the Board Members : http://northstlouiscounty.com/wp/ Support growing for federal takeover of Westlake Landfill Thank You,  County Executive Charlie Dooley. CAD_West_Lake_Landfill_EPA_Letter_2_24_2014[1]

A closer look at Bridgeton’s Landfills

Posted on: 7:00 pm, February 22, 2014, by Shirley Washington   (KPLR) – This week on “The Pulse of St. Louis”, a panel discussion on the Bridgeton Landfill. State Attorney General, Chris Koster, visited the Bridgeton Landfill and Westlake Landfill Monday after a fire broke out…

Bridgeton Landfill neighbors seek action after surface fire, more odors

 By Blythe Bernhard bbernhard@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8129 A fire at the Bridgeton Landfill on Sunday and the ongoing battle to keep a separate, underground fire from reaching radioactive waste at an adjoining site have so unsettled nearby residents that they are raising money for their own radiation…

Photos of the work on the southwest slope Bridgeton Landfill, Feb. 16, 2014.

Click Here for more on the story by :  Jeanie Smith and Allison Sylte, KSDK7:10 p.m. EST February 16, 2014 Officials: Bridgeton Landfill didn’t report surface fire Feb. 17, 2014 — Update – Potential for Odors — Republic Services notified the department late this afternoon of a malfunctioning…

Attorney General investigating Sunday’s landfill fire

Grant Bissell, KSDK8:52 p.m. EST February 17, 2014   After yesterday’s above-ground fire at the Bridgeton Landfill, we wanted to know what kind of safety measures are in place to protect residents near the landfill. ST. LOUIS (KSDK) – Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is…

Additional Photos from Today’s, February 12, 2014 above ground surface fire on the Southwest side of the South Quarry of the Bridgeton Landfill

Hi Everyone: Some additional information and photo’s from the incident today, February 16, 2014 at the Bridgeton Landfill South Quarry. This information was reported/posted by Grant Bissell with News Channel 5: I just got this statement from Republic in regards to this morning’s fire: “SMALL,…

Smoke Rising from the Landfill this Morning raises further concerns by the Citizens

February 16, 2014 At around 9:30 am , a citizen posted on the West Lake Landfill Facebook page the three photo’s below and a message that she had contacted 911 to report the smoke coming out of the landfill on the southwestern edge of the…

Red flags raised after hundreds of dead fish surface near West Lake Landfill, 02/15/2014

KMOV.com (KMOV) — Hundreds of dead fish surfaced near a controversial landfill raised red flags on Tuesday.  Residents want to know what caused the death of some many fish in a lake near the West Lake Landfill where radioactive waste is buried.  The lake sits…