The Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a public meeting for 5:30 p.m. April 18 to discuss the West Lake Landfill in Missouri.
EPA and partner agencies will discuss the site and answer questions at the Bridgeton Recreation Center, located at 4201 Fee Fee Road in Bridgeton, Mo.
The EPA is working to prevent an underground fire at the neighboring Bridgeton Landfill from reaching radioactive material at West Lake. The agency is also currently testing soil samples from private property near the landfill that were recently discovered to contain radioactive material.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would transfer remediation authority over the landfill from the EPA to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. Lawmakers also have introduced companion legislation in the House.
