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West Lake Landfill CommUnity Meeting May 15, 2014

West Lake Landfill CommUnity Meeting May 15, 2014 Thanks to the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 513 for providing free space for these important community meetings. # WestLakeLandfill # BridgetonLandfill. Just Moms STL . Community Monitoring Equipment.

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West Lake Landfill CommUnity Meeting May 15, 2014

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  1. West Lake Landfill CommUnity Meeting May 15, 2014 Thanks to the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 513 for providing free space for these important community meetings. #WestLakeLandfill #BridgetonLandfill

  2. Just Moms STL

  3. Community Monitoring Equipment

  4. Report Odor Alerts

  5. BMAC Sample Locations

  6. BMAC Sample Locations

  7. BMAC Sample Locations

  8. BMAC Sample Locations

  9. BMAC Sample Locations BMAC0000 – Spectra Data

  10. BMAC Sample Locations BMAC0004 – Spectra Data

  11. BMAC Sample LocationsBMAC0008 – Spectra Data

  12. BMAC Sample LocationsBMAC0009 – Spectra Data

  13. BMAC Sample LocationsBMAC0010 – Spectra Data

  14. MO DNR Offsite Radioactive Testing

  15. EPA’s Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT)

  16. SSE UPDATES

  17. SSE UPDATES

  18. How did nuclear weapons related radioactive wastes end up at West Lake? • 1942: The Manhattan Project and Mallinckrodt • Wastes stored at the airport along Coldwater Creek • Sold to for-profit corporation and moved to Latty Ave. • 1973: Wastes moved from Latty Ave. to West Lake Landfill • 1974: Radioactive sections of landfill closed. • 1990: West Lake put on EPA National Priorities List • 2008: EPA decided to leave radioactive wastes • 2010: EPA reopened decision, which is ongoing • 2010: Smoldering landfill fire started • 2013: Attorney General sues Republic Services • 2014: Attorney General request testing outside of the Landfill and of the Haul Roads. The AG also set a Motion for Trial

  19. SSE UPDATES

  20. Jefferson City Trip to the Attorney General’s Office on May 6, 2014 • AG takes two actions today on Bridgeton Landfill situation • Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster today initiated two actions related to the Westlake Landfill site in Bridgeton, Missouri. • First, Koster sent a letter to EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks calling on the EPA to test for radiological contamination in the community surrounding the Westlake Landfill, focusing specifically on routes used during the 1970s to haul radiological material from the Latty Avenue storage facility to Westlake. • Second, Koster filed a motion in St. Louis County Circuit Court asking the court to set its pending lawsuit against Republic Services for trial.

  21. Jefferson City Trip to the Attorney General’s Office on May 6, 2014

  22. Jefferson City Trip to the Attorney General’s Office on May 6, 2014

  23. Jefferson City Trip to the Attorney General’s Office on May 6, 2014 • Attorney General's News Release • May 7, 2014 • AG Koster releases statement on EPA plans for testing in Bridgeton • Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster, who has pressed the EPA for weeks to conduct additional testing in the community surrounding the Westlake Landfill, offered the following statement today:  • "We are pleased that the EPA has agreed to test the Bridgeton Municipal Complex ballfields for radioactive contamination.  When serious concerns regarding public health are raised, it is essential that government responds without delay."

  24. MDNR

  25. Sign Letter to Federally Elected Officials • Thank them for support St. Louis Army Corps of Engineers FUSRAP • Legislatively act to put St. Louis Army Corps of Engineers FUSRAP in charge at West Lake Landfill

  26. Sign Letter to Governor Nixon and Attorney General Koster • Support St. Louis Army Corps of Engineers FUSRAP takeover of the West Lake Landfill • Complete a 24/7 comprehensive air monitoring test for no less than 7 consecutive days

  27. Upcoming Events • Spanish Village, Terrisan Mobile Home Park and Carrolton Condos Neighborhood Meeting – See Kathy or Chuck Bell • May 28th or 29th, 6:30pm: CAG meeting where EPA Region 7 and the KC Army Corp of Engineers will be available for questions and comments at IUOE Local 513. Check the website for more information. http://www.westlakecag.org/ • May 28th, 10am: Prayer Vigil, North Side of Landfill, St. Charles Rock Road, FSM at former Phillips 66 gas station • June 19th, 6:30pm: CommUnity Meeting at IUOE Local 513. • Thank You for Attending tonight’s meeting

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