Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Sunday 鈥渋t is a relief鈥 that studies show no immediate danger to the public from the West Lake Landfill, but he called on the Environmental Protection Agency to move quickly toward a 鈥渇inal protective remedy鈥 that would address the potential risk posed by the underground fire at nearby Bridgeton Landfill.
The EPA on Oct. 16 released a study that found that the radioactively contaminated West Lake Landfill, a federally regulated Superfund site, posed no exposure risks to the surrounding communities.
The study appeared to contradict earlier findings by experts hired by Koster鈥檚 office, which found the underground chemical reaction at Bridgeton Landfill was moving quickly toward West Lake Landfill and that . Many residents have cited the findings by Koster鈥檚 experts as a cause for concern, but an EPA spokesman, in an interview with the Post-Dispatch,
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, Koster said, 鈥淚t is a relief to learn that EPA studies do not show an immediate danger to the general public.鈥
But citing that broke out on Saturday, Koster said, 鈥渇lames can surface in unexpected places without warning. EPA says it is moving toward a final protective remedy. It must implement that remedy without delay.鈥
Saturday鈥檚 small brush fire was caused by a faulty switch on an electric pole, the Pattonville Fire Protection District said.
Koster鈥檚 office is suing Republic Services Inc., which owns the Bridgeton Landfill.
