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Article: ILLINOIS EPA INITIATES CLEANUP OF ILLEGAL DUMP IN EAST ST. LOUIS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director Doug Scott today announced that the Agency began cleanup of a large illegal dump site located at 8th St. and Trendley St., four blocks south of Broadway, in Washington Park. Weather permitting the clean up will finish Friday, June 27.
Over the next few days, crews will work hard to remove nearly 300 cubic yards of waste from the community, including household garbage, tires and demolition debris which have been disposed of illegally.
Improperly disposed tires provide a breeding habitat for the type of mosquito that is the primary carrier of the ...