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EPA Wants To Do Partial Excavation Of Contaminants At Radioactive West Lake Landfill Superfund Site

02/01/2018
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EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)

By Bryce Gray

February 1, 2018

In a long-awaited decision, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it aims to pursue partial excavation as its strategy to remediate the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton — the home of waste linked to the Manhattan Project.

To read the full St. Louis Post-Dispatch article, click http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/epa-wants-to-do-partial-excavation-of-contaminants-at-radioactive/article_a38fbc0e-7937-5f90-af8a-24d042f57916.html Exit 

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