The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans a public meeting on Wednesday to explain a proposed interim cleanup plan for the former Eagle Zinc smelter. The agency proposes a $1.9 million plan to tear down buildings and other structures on the 132-acre site, operated as a smelter from 1912-2003. Debris from the demolition would then be covered with a foot of soil and maintained until the agency undertakes other additional cleanup measures. The site was added to the federal Superfund list of hazardous-waste sites in 2007. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Hillsboro High School, 522 East Tremont Street. Hillsboro is about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis. Comments will be accepted at the meeting or via the Internet at www.epa.gov/region5/publiccomment through June 18.
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