Bundled against the cold and appropriately masked, representatives of the St. Unfortunately, the senator omitted inconvenient details such as the radioactively contaminated soil at the site.
Louis Community Foundation, a private charity. Under the terms of the agreement, the private foundation has sole responsibility for distributing public funds to eligible, non-profit community organizations within four miles of the landfill. A decade ago community activists began raising concerns over the potential risks posed by children playing ball at BMAC, citing its toxic link to the nearby landfill. This created tensions between some residents and Bridgeton city officials, who claimed there was no cause for alarm.
Ultimately, the EPA acted as the arbiter of the dispute and sided with city officials, reassuring the public that there was no cause for alarm. Brooks based his conclusion on test results that had yet to be released.
Cecilia Tapia , director of Environmental Sciences and Technology for EPA Region 7, cited differing action levels for radioactive isotopes and advised her colleagues that they should consider swapping one standard over another.
SLAPS is the acronym for the Louis Airport Site, a radioactively-contaminated property originally under the control of the U. Department of Energy. In , that clean up was handed over to the U.
