[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: West Lake Landfill, Bridgeton, MO

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Barrier between fire and nuclear waste at West Lake Landfill is delayed

By Blythe Bernhard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
July 22, 2014

Construction on a barrier between an underground fire at the  
Bridgeton Landfill and radioactive materials in the adjacent West  
Lake Landfill has been delayed, and federal lawmakers are asking why.

"We remain concerned by the lack of a clear timeline for completion  
of the proposed isolation barrier," reads a recent letter to the  
Environmental Protection Agency signed by Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and  
Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Reps. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis,  
and Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin.

Karl Brooks, regional administrator for the EPA, said in February  
that construction on the dirt-filled trench "should begin soon." The  
EPA then announced in March that construction would start within 90  
days, or by the end of June. The Army Corps of Engineers has been  
tapped to help the EPA with the project aimed at keeping the fire  
from spreading. "Their professionals are working closely with us to  
ensure the final decision on the isolation barrier is comprehensive,"  
said EPA spokesman Curtis Carey.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/barrier-between-fire-and- 
nuclear-waste-at-west-lake-landfill/article_3ecf5c1b-a441-5985-85d8- 
b89cf95975e2.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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