EPA shuns fast action on St. Louis soil sites

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Anne Collier

December 9, 1982

Washington

Rejecting calls for emergency action, a top Environmental Protection Agency official is opting for ''planned removal'' of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin at two suburban St. Louis residential areas.

Residents of the contaminated sites in Imperial, Mo., were advised Tuesday night the EPA is considering giving them an option of relocating while it carries out removal of the soil.