Dive Brief:

• Just days after an Odor Alert was issued for the Bridgeton landfill in Missouri, the Missouri Attorney General is demanding more air monitoring be performed at the site.

• Yesterday, the Attorney General requested a St. Louis County Circuit Court to order the owner of the landfill, Republic Services, to gather additional data about carbon monoxide emissions.

• Attorney General Koster explained that having data spanning the entire site would paint a more accurate picture of the range of the fire, which has been burning underground since 2010, and would help regulators and officials to protect the public.

Dive Insight: 

In November, elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide were causing health concerns. The Attorney General had reached an initial agreement with Republic Services in May of 2013.