EPA to Host Open House for Wildwood, Final Strecker Forest Development Report
A meeting hosted by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reps for Wildwood residents will be held June 21 regarding the safety of a proposed housing development on what once was the worst Superfund site in the United States.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials have been busy in Eureka and Wildwood lately. On Tuesday, an EPA team initiated soil samplings to be retested for dioxin levels in what was once Times Beach, MO, and what is now Route 66 State Park near Eureka. This move comes about 15 years after the area was remediated and due to what EPA experts consider new science and technology to apply. An EPA spokesperson told Patch they seek to apply new lessons learned here and best practices for dioxin containment for other sites in the United States. EPA officials also will hold an open house for Wildwood residents on June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Branch of the St. Louis County Public Library, 300 Clarkson Rd., in Ellisville. Benjamin…
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