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BRIDGETON, MO (KTVI) - The Environmental Protection Agency issued two orders concerning the clean up and fire prevention at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton.

Thursday's EPA order focuses on fire prevention prevention measures and a schedule of getting rid of the the radioactive material.

The landfill is an EPA superfund site. It contains World War II era nuclear waste and has been concern of residents for many years. Adjacent to West Lake is the Bridgeton trash landfill where an underground fire has been burning. This EPA order is aimed at preventing that fire from spreading to Westlake. The agency is calling on for non-combustible material to be placed over the radioactive area as soon as possible.

The EPA order also calls for the site to be staffed 24 hours a day. The order follows a grass fire at the landfill in October. The EPA also announced an agreement has been reached with the owners of the landfill on a schedule to determine what to do with the radioactive material.

The EPA order requires all parties involved to come up with a plan within the next two weeks. And actions are to taken throughout next year so the government can propose a final remedy to the public by the end of 2016.

Meanwhile, Richard Callow, a spokesperson for Bridgeton Landfill, released the following statement:

“Bridgeton Landfill, LLC/Rock Road Industries, Inc. is ready to do the work on the pre-cap, and will complete the job in a safe and timely manner.”