The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District plans to spend $4.7 billion over 23 years to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the Environmental Protection Agency over violations of the Clean Water Act.

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Recent test results of lead levels from the Doe Run Co. in Herculaneum could either show that the situation has deteriorated or that it has improved, depending on which entity is interpreting the results.

In July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency directed Doe Run to expand the area to collect samples of lead in the surface soil and gravel driveways at residential properties within one mile of the lead smelter.

According to the EPA, of 372 properties sampled, 129 had at least one area exceeding the 400 parts/million action level for lead.

Doe Run sees the results differently.

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A mysterious trench and a federal lawsuit against the company set to build an iron ore smelter in Crystal City has raised more concerns among anti-smelter citizens. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is suing Upland Wings Inc. for violating ...

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Usually, a court’s opinion is its final word on the matter. But every so often it will take something back. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has retracted a footnote in an opinion that an attorney on the losing ...

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The state of Missouri waived its right to sovereign immunity by participating as an active plaintiff in a federal environmental lawsuit against the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, a federal appeals court said. The 8th U.S. Court of Appeals issued ...

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The federal government and the city of Independence have reached a settlement aimed to force improvements to the city's sewer system. Under the proposed settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City last week, Independence agreed to make improvements to its sewer system to end the sewage overflows. The EPA estimates the cost of those improvements at $35 million.

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