April 9, 2014 By Bill McClellan bmcclellan@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8143 A cap meant to alleviate odors covers Republic Services’ Bridgeton Landfill on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Stephanie S. Cordle, scordle@post-dispatch.com Dan’s Automotive Service is at the end of Boenker Lane.It is where the world ends. Right up against…
April 9, 2014 By Blythe Bernhard bbernhard@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8129 Republic Services, the company that owns the radioactive West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, has launched a lobbying group that is pushing to keep the waste buried instead of hauling it to a nuclear dump site in the western U.S….
By the Editorial Board April 1, 2014 Link: Won’t somebody please take responsibility for the landfill with the smoldering event? The hot-potato game being played by state and federal officials, legal representatives and Republic Services, operator of the Bridgeton and West Lake landfills, isn’t fair to the…
Bridgeton And West Lake Landfills 8:32 PM MON MARCH 31, 2014 By VÉRONIQUE LACAPRA A new analysis by scientists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggests there could be risks to area residents if an underground fire were to reach radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill….
St. Louis Public Radio by Veronique LaCapra A new analysis by scientists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggests there could be risks to area residents if an underground fire were to reach radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill. An underground fire has been…
St. Louis On The Air 12:00 PM TUE MARCH 25, 2014 By CAMILLE PHILLIPS AND DON MARSH CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW There is increasing concern about the status of two landfills in Bridgeton as a slow-moving underground fire in the Bridgeton Landfill edges…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Blythe Bernhard Last May, Kathy Bell and her husband took advantage of an offer to stay in a hotel for a few weeks to avoid odors from work being done on the Bridgeton Landfill. The day they got back, she said…
Resolution R-14-03 – Supporting the transfer of jurisdiction of West Lake Landfill site to the St. Louis Army Corp of Engineers / FUSRAP. VIDEO
Attorney General of Missouri to EPA
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…
Click Link for video of interview on the McGraw Millhaven Show – March 12, 2014
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…
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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…
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,…
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
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…
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]
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…
