On Earth Day (April 22), EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister toured the West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Missouri, with federal, state and local officials, seeking a "status update" according to an EPA news release.
"EPA has overseen a tremendous amount of work and progress at the West Lake Landfill during the remedial design phase" McCollister said in an EPA news release April 22.
McCollister believes the work is ahead of schedule.
"We are doing what we committed to do when we started this work, find the radioactive material so it can be safely and efficiently addressed in the cleanup stage" McCollister said.
She also talked about the importance of the Earth Day celebration in relation to this program.
“Being here on Earth Day, to connect with the people who live in and around Bridgeton is a priority for me, so I can better understand what they have been going through and their concerns" she said.
McCollister also emphasized the EPA's connection with the local leadership, telling local officials the Environmental Protection Agency is "listening and committed to the health and safety of the Bridgeton community. That’s what fuels our oversight of the cleanup at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site."
