ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) — Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the price tag to clean up West Lake Landfill had grown to nearly $400 million. The reason given was that soil sampling found the contamination was more widespread than previously known.
A letter sent in response from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to the EPA is causing concern. The letter, dated January 15, is from deputy director Jake Buxton to EPA project manager, Christine Jump and contains the phrase, “The high probability of radiological material in the Bridgeton Landfill.”
Pattonville Fire Protection District Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Stuhlman responded to the letter by saying, “That’s a very troubling statement.”…