Missouri Department of Health and Senior ServicesNovember 4-5, 2015 Bridgeton/West Lake Landfill Radiological Sampling (Interim Report)
Read MoreTracking legacy radionuclides in St. Louis, Missouri, via unsupported 210Pb
Journal of Environmental Radioactivityby Marco P.J. Kaltofen, Robert Alvarez, Lucas HixsonDecember 7, 2015 Tracking Legacy Radionuclides in St. Louis, Missouri, via Unsupported 210Pb
Read MoreThe Legacy of the Manhattan Project in St. Louis: Cancer Concern? 12/2015-01/2016
St. Louis County Department of Public Healthby Faisal Khan, MBBS, MPH, Director The Legacy of the Manhattan Project in St. Louis: Cancer Concern?
Read MoreWest Lake Landfill Vicinity, Radiological Survey & Sampling Interim Report, 01/2016
Missouri Department of Natural ResourcesJanuary 2016 West Lake Landfill Vicinity, Radiological Survey & Sampling Interim Report Rep. Otto Praises DNR’s efforts to Identify Landfill Contamination, Jan. 26, 2016
Read MoreBridgeton Landfill and West Lake Landfill Updated Analytical Results for Storm Water, 02/26/2016
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Bridgeton Landfill and West Lake Landfill Updated Analytical Results for Storm Water
Read MoreUpdate Closure, Post-Closure and Submission of Corrective Action Plans and Financial Service, Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill… 03/16/2016
Missouri Department of Natural ResourcesSubmitted to: Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, Republic Services, Inc. Update Closure, Post-Closure and Submission of Corrective Action Plans and Financial Service, Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, Permit Number 0118912, St. Louis County
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LEGISLATION: S.2306 A bill to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]Cosponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]Date: November 19, 2015S.2306 Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksGovTrack.us Senate Passes Blunt, McCaskill Bill to Help…
Read MoreEPA 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
Read MoreEPA orders more fire control measures at West Lake landfill, 04/28/2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatchby 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 actions Thursday but said they wouldn’t be the last in the…
Read MoreEPA to Conduct Additional Sediment Sampling at the West Lake Landfill, 05/26/2016
EPAWest 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 response to the large rain events that occurred in late Decem-…
Read MoreEPA 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 drainage ditch on the landfill property near St. Charles Rock…
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