A Look Back and West Lake and Bridgeton Landfills
Courtesy of Lindsay Tourey
St. Louis Public Radio

February 1, 2018
West Lake Landfill: EPA proposal is latest chapter in long, troubled history


West Lake Landfill
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
About the site and Clean up progress

EPA West Lake/Bridgeton Landfill – image from website dated 08/28/2024

Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill Facility Information
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Periodic Operational Updates


Department of Environmental Quality
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Hazardous Waste Program


You may have heard radio ads or received spam calls from a group called Coalition to Keep Us Safe.  This “website is owned and operated by Bridgeton Landfill LLC and Rock Road Industries Inc.”

Editorial: Politics and Money Drive Advocates of Keeping Radioactive Waste in Bridgeton
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Editorial Board
December 16, 2015

Coalition Warns of Robo Calls from Landfill Affiliate (Coalition to Keep Us Safe)
CBS St. Louis (KMOX)


Just Moms STL and friends protest Republic Services Shareholder Bill Gates during their trip to Washington DC on February 8-10, 2016

West Lake Story: An Underground Fire, Radioactive Waste, and Governmental Failure
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
by Robert Alvarez
February 11, 2016

Editorial: Politics and money drive advocates of keeping radioactive waste in Bridgeton
St. Louis Post Dispatch
by the Editorial Board
December 17, 2015

West Lake Landfill Owners Step Up Lobbying Efforts
STL Today.com
by Blythe Bernhard, Jacob Barker
December 14, 2015

Part 1: Does Existing Law Already Order the ‘Recall’ of Radwaste at West Lake?
The Examiner
by Byron DeLear
November 4, 2015

Brush Fire at West Lake Landfill – October 24, 2015

Part 2: Does Existing Law Already Order the ‘Recall” of Radwaste at West Lake?
The Examiner
by Byron DeLear
January 30, 2016

Brush Fire at West Lake Landfill Sparks Concern
Fox2Now.com
October 24, 2015


Confused about Bridgeton, West Lake Landfills?  Here’ s What You Should Know
St. Louis Public Radio
October 20, 2015

West Lake Update – History of Off-Site Sampling Near West Lake Landfill
Environmental Protection Agency
October 7, 2015

Third Five-Year Review Report for Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) St. Louis Sites
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
July 31, 2015

Landfill Leachate at Bridgeton Landfill
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
June 2015

West Lake Landfill Owners Start Group to Lobby to Keep Waste in Place
STL Today.com
April 9, 2014

Experts:  Bridgeton Landfills Could Pose Serious Health, Safety Risks
KMOV.com
March 15, 2013 (Posted)
March 14, 2015 (Updated)

Fire at West Lake Landfill – February 16, 2014

Residents Worried After Smoke Billows from Bridgeton Landfill
Fox2Now.com
February 16, 2014

Bridgeton Landfill North Quarry Contingency Plan – Part 1
Submitted by Republic Services to Missouri Dept of Natural Resources
August 14, 2013

Community, Environmentalists,Teamsters Tell EPA:  Stop Nuclear Fires at Republic Landfill in Missouri
Teamsters.org
August 2013

Pattonville Firefighter Issues Dire Warning on Nuclear Waste
CBS St. Louis
August 13, 2013

St. Louis is Burning
Rolling Stone
May 10, 2013

Bridgeton Landfill called ‘dirty bomb,’ debate heats up
KSDK.com, Steve Patterson
March 15, 2013

State Testing Air Around Bridgeton Landfill
STL Today.com, Jeffrey Tomich
February 7, 2013

The St. Louis Sites
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
Winter 2013

Florissant Mayor Releases Position on West Lake Landfill
Florissant Patch.com, Aja J. Junion
February 27, 2012

‘Show Me’ Your Nuclear Waste Dumping Site
The Buried Lead
April 22, 2010

Comments re the Proposed Plan for the West Lake Landfill Radioactive Wastes
Submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources by Kay Drey
December 19, 2006

Resolution of City of Bridgeton Asking EPA to Recommend Removal of Radioactive Waste in West Lake Landfill
City of Bridgeton, Missouri
July 19. 2006

Feasibility Study Report – West Lake Landfill Operable Unit 2
Prepared by Herst & Associates for Missouri Dept of Natural Resources
June 2006