In a ruling late last week, the Environmental Protection agency said it did not have the jurisdiction to ban lead ammunition under the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. Subchapter IV, Lead Exposure Reduction is the general legislation under which lead hazard and lead abatement rules and regulations resulted in the phaseout of leaded [...]

(Sorry for the tardy post. Found while cleaning off a computer desktop on Nov. 5 -JS)
(Kansas City, Kan., October 29, 2009) – EPA has determined that the State of Missouri
needs new or revised water quality standards to protect a 28.6-mile segment of the
Mississippi River around St. Louis that flows from North Riverfront Park to the [...]

EPA Region 7 has awarded a contract to an Ohio firm to accelerate the cleanup of lead-contaminated soils at approximately 800 residential properties within the Madison County Mines Superfund Site in southeast Missouri. More than $9.8 million of the federal stimulus funds furnished by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 is being [...]

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will host a public information session to discuss the proposed boundary recommendations for the new lead standard.  The session will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 16 from 6  to 8 p.m. at the Herculaneum High School cafeteria, 1 Black Cat Drive in Herculaneum. The proposed designation for non-attainment will [...]

Mine tailings are in the news again.
After local residents contacted environmental activist Erin Brockovich (who did not show at two locally scheduled public meetings), Doe Run Company has received an administrative order on July 31 from Region 7 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to modify a 2006 cleanup agreement with the agency, an [...]