[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Update on former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plantc(IS0 cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Army outlines progress of environmental remediation at De Soto explosives plant

by Tim Carpenter
Kansas Reflector
July 21, 2022

DE SOTO — U.S. Army base closure personnel responsible for the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant offered Wednesday the first update in three years on costly remediation of soil, water, buildings and drainage pipes contaminated by decades of manufacturing high explosives.

The Army’s work has been of keen interest to De Soto residents who are aware that chemical residue migrated into the environment during the 50-year life of the ordnance facility, but annual face-to-face briefings were interrupted by COVID-19. The general public was reminded of the ongoing cleanup after Panasonic announced it would build a $4 billion vehicle battery production facility linked to 4,000 jobs on a remediated section of the Sunflower property.

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For the entire article, see
https://lawrencekstimes.com/2022/07/21/remediation-de-soto-plant/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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