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West Lake Landfill Critic “Livid” Over Just-Released EPA Study, 06/16/16
CBS St. Louis by Brett Blume BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – Those who live near the radioactive West Lake landfill and have spent years trying to get it cleaned up are now even more upset with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On Wednesday, the National Remedy Review…
EPA suppression of vital report reveals West Lake radwaste as ‘principal threat’, 06/16/16
The Examiner by Byron DeLear In a shocking revelation concerning the ongoing saga of the radioactive West Lake Landfill, yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report it had suppressed for more than three years. In it, the National Remedy Review Board (NRRB), a peer-review group…
Document shows some EPA officials saw West Lake waste removal as ‘feasible’, 06/16/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker Removing the hottest radioactive waste within the West Lake Landfill is feasible and could reduce long-term risks from the Bridgeton-area landfill, an internal Environmental Protection Agency report says. The report, released by the agency voluntarily Wednesday, bolsters the arguments…
Clay Pushes EPA, Army Corps Transfer for Westlake Landfill, 06/13/16
CBS – St. Louis ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The long smoldering problem of the Westlake Landfill may be headed for a hearing soon in the U.S. House. Missouri Congressman Lacy Clay is backing a plan to transfer the cleanup duties from the EPA to the Army…
SHAME OF THE CITIES, 05/27/2016
STL Reporter Low Standards and Ethical Lapses Are Still the Rule More Than a Century After Muckraker Lincoln Steffens Exposed St. Louis’ Politically Corrupt Environment. CITY COUNCIL – BRIDGETON CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 21, 2014 http://bridgetonmo.swagit.com/play/05232014-544 To understand how St. Louis County’s longstanding radioactive waste…
SHAME OF THE CITIES, 05/27/2016
STL Reporter Low Standards and Ethical Lapses Are Still the Rule More Than a Century After Muckraker Lincoln Steffens Exposed St. Louis’ Politically Corrupt Environment. http://bridgetonmo.swagit.com/play/05232014-544 To understand how St. Louis County’s longstanding radioactive waste problem has been covered up, you need knowledge of the…
Radioactive Material Found in Drainage Ditch, 05/27/2016
KSDK by Jason Aubry Radioactive soil has been found outside the fence of the Westlake Landfill along the edge of its property. http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/radioactive-material-found-in-drainage-ditch-1/218151281
EPA Finds Radiation in West Lake Landfill Runoff, 05/26/2016
CBS St. Louis BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – There was Facebook video in December showing a torrent of rain running off the West Lake Landfill during flash flooding. Now the EPA has done some testing on the runoff. The EPA found radiation in the dirt near a…
EPA to Conduct Additional Sediment Sampling at the West Lake Landfill, 05/26/2016
EPA West Lake Update In January, the Potentially Responsible Par- ties (PRPs) collected three sediment samples at the West Lake Landfill as part of additional characterization work for Area 1 and Area 2. EPA required two additional sediment samples to be collected in March in…
Former McDonnell Douglas workers, residents file suit over radiation exposure, 05/20/2016
St. Louis Public Radio by Durrie Bouscaren The temporary waste disposal site near Lambert Airport. After World War II, federal contractors stored drums of residue, barium sulfate cake and contaminated scrap created as Mallinckrodt refined uranium for the atomic bombs. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Three…
Activists file UN complaint over West Lake Landfill, 05/04/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker Activists pushing for the removal of radioactive contamination in the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton say they have filed a formal complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel, founders of JustMoms STL, and…
Neighbors Take Landfill Concerns to the UN, 05/03/2016
KSDK by Art Holliday The meeting was only supposed to be 45 minutes, but was nearly twice as long. http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/neighbors-take-landfill-concerns-to-the-un/167931750
EPA orders more fire control measures at West Lake landfill, 04/28/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jacob Barker The owner of the Bridgeton Landfill will install more cooling loops and temperature monitors and expand a plastic cover over the Bridgeton Landfill in an effort to keep an underground fire from reaching radioactive waste. Federal authorities announced the…
EPA orders work to start on landfill barrier, 04/28/2016
KSDK.com The E.P.A. is ordering Republic Services to begin work on a barrier that will ensure an underground fire at the Bridgeton Landfill never reaches nuclear waste buried at the West Lake Landfill. http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/epa-orders-work-to-start-on-landfill-barrier/158404256
EPA – West Lake Update, 04/28/2016
Environmental Protection Agency April 28, 2016 EPA Reaches Agreement with Bridgton Landfill for Installation of Components of Isolation Barrier System West Lake Update, April 28, 2016
Koster’s Bridgeton Landfill lawsuit back in county court, 04/26/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jacob Barker A federal judge is sending Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster’s environmental lawsuit against the owner of the Bridgeton Landfill back to St. Louis County Circuit Court. In October, Republic Services, the owner of the burning Bridgeton Landfill and the adjacent…
Protestors Concerned About Westlake Landfill, 04/18/2016
KSDK.com by Jacob Long A demonstration is getting underway in Bridgeton over radioactive waste that was illegally dumped in North St. Louis County. http://www.ksdk.com/mb/news/local/protestors-concerned-about-westlake-landfill/141575001
Newly Formed Group Protests Handling of West Lake Landfill, 04/18/2016
CBS St. Louis by Brett Blume BRIDGETON, Mo. (KMOX) – There’s a new group entering the fray surrounding the underground fire near nuclear waste at the West Lake landfill in Bridgeton. Citing what she calls “deteriorating conditions” at the site, Susan Lorel Folle and her fellow…
Landfill Demonstrators Face Off Against EPA, 04/18/2016
KSDK.com by Jacob Long http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/landfill-demonstrators-face-off-against-epa/141897388