Kansas Superfund Site: Doepke Disposal (Holliday)
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Sunflower State? The U.S. E.P.A. has designated Doepke Disposal (Holliday) in Kansas as a Superfund site due to its levels of toxic pollution and harm to the environment. You can read the report for the site below.
Some Superfund sites are on the National Priority Site Lists. The National Priorities List ("NPL") is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on the NPL. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation.
Sites are listed on the NPL upon completion of Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments about the proposed site, and after all comments have been addressed. EPA may delete a final NPL site if it determines that no further response is required to protect human health or the environment. Sites where a remediation was completed through the Superfund program are typically deleted from the NPL.
Living near Superfund Sites in Kansas may place you and the people you love at risk of developing a disease from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but there are steps you can take to fight back: The EPA says,
[We have] set up a "Post Construction Completion" (or PCC) strategy to ensure that Superfund response actions provide for the long-term protection of human health and the environment. EPA's Post Construction Completion activities also involve optimizing remedies to increase effectiveness and/or reduce cost without sacrificing long-term protection of human health and the environment.However, most of the Superfund sites still pose a health hazard to the health of those near-by.
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Below you can read the EPA report for the Doepke Disposal (Holliday) Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has suffered due to toxic pollution in Doepke Disposal (Holliday), or if your property has lost value because of contamination, you will need a toxic tort attorney who knows the people of the State of Kansas . Learn more about your legal options by filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within 24 hours. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, follow this link to let them know about the environmental toxic tort lawyers at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Doepke Disposal (Holliday)
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Doepke Disposal
(Holliday)
Kansas
Epa Id# Ksd980632301
EPA Region 7
City: Southern bluffs of the Kansas
River Valley
County: Johnson County
Other Names: Doepke-Holliday
Site
Site Description
Between 1963 and 1970, the 80-acre Doepke Disposal (Holliday) site operated as a private
industrial and commercial landfill and accepted unknown quantities of wastes such as paint
sludges, solvents, pesticides, metal sludges, and fiberglass resins. Liquids seeping from the site
flow through a culvert under Holliday Drive into the Kansas River. In the early 1960s, many
wastes were burned and buried. Liquids were later stored in ponds on the site. In 1966, with
County approval, 374 drums of various pesticides and solvents were placed with fire debris in a
trench. When the State closed the site in 1970, it was covered. Approximately 150 people live
within 1 mile of the site, and 2,500 live within 3 miles. Residents of Johnson County get drinking
water from 21 wells in the Kansas River alluvial aquifer and from a river intake about 3/4 mile
downstream of the site; 200,000 people are served by these systems. About 30 wells lie within 3
miles; the nearest is 1/2 mile away. Contaminants are not migrating off site in large enough
concentrations to affect water quality in the Kansas River.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through Federal and
potentially responsible parties' actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:12/30/82
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
09/08/83
Threats And Contaminants
The groundwater, soil, and leachate are contaminated with volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals from former waste disposal
activities. Subsurface soils and wastes contain significant concentrations of
contaminants and could threaten people working or trespassing on the site. On-site
contaminated groundwater is not being used, so exposure to contaminants is
unlikely.
Cleanup Approach
Response Action Status
Entire Site: The EPA selected a remedy for this site in 1989 featuring removal and off-site
treatment of contaminated liquids currently ponded underground in the area of the former surface
impoundments, if needed; construction of an impermeable multi-layer cap over the waste disposal
area; collection and off-site treatment, if necessary, of significant groundwater seepage; extended
groundwater monitoring of the effectiveness of the remedy; and deed and access restrictions. The
potentially responsible parties completed the design of the remedy in 1993. Cleanup actions began
in the spring of 1995 and construction was completed in October 1996.
Site Facts:
In 1987, Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc. entered into a Consent Agreement with the
EPA that directed the company to study site contamination and to develop cleanup
options. An Administrative Order on Consent was signed with the potentially
responsible parties in 1990 to design the remedy for the site. On May 24, 1996, a
Consent Decree was entered by the U.S. District Court which required the parties
to implement the remedial actions.
Environmental Progress
Construction activities at the site have been completed. Construction of an
impermeable multi-layer cap over the waste disposal area and long-term operation and
maintenance activities have reduced the potential for exposures to contaminated materials.
Ground water and seep monitoring activities are ongoing.
Site Repository
Johnson County Public Library, 8700 Superfund Records Center
West 63rd Street, Merriam,
Ks
66201 901 N. 5th St.Kansas City,
Ks
66101Mail Stop SUPR
(913)551-4038
Regional
Site Manager:
Shelley Brodie
E-Mail Address:
brodie.shelley@epa.gov
(913) 551-7706
Community Involvement
Coordinator:
Phone Number:
Public Information Center:
E-Mail Address:
State Contact:
Leo Henning
Phone Number:
(785) 296-1662
Miscellaneous Information
State:
Ks
0712
Congressional District:
03
Epa Organization:
Sfd-Moks/Supr
Modifications
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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