{Louisville, Kentucky}...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for a new study of the 112-acre Lees Lane landfill in Louisville because of new reports of waste found during routine monitoring. The Lees Lane landfill was removed from the nation's Superfund list of most toxic places in the 1980s. In 1975 methane at the dump caused flash fires in nearby homes. Testing over the last decade found explosive levels in one methane gas monitoring well between the landfill and homes on several occasions. New methane monitoring wells installed in 2010 have not shown elevated gas readings. The EPA says the review would determine if the monitoring system needs to be replaced. EPA officials have called a public meeting for July 19th.
