Kansas Superfund Site: Fort Riley
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Lawyer in The Sunflower State? The EPA has designated Fort Riley in Kansas as a Superfund site due to its levels of environmental toxins and threat 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 higher risk of getting sick from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but action is being taken 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.Regardless, most of the Superfund sites are still very dangerous to the health of those who live close to a Superfund site.
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Below you can read the EPA report for the Fort Riley Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Fort Riley, or if your property has lost value because of contamination, you will need a toxic tort lawyer who knows the people of the State of Kansas . Get started by filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within one day. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, click here to let them know about the environmental toxic tort attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Fort Riley
This site is a Federal Facility.
Fort Riley
Kansas
Epa Id# Ks6214020756
EPA Region 7
City: Near Junction City
County: Geary County and Riley
County
Other Names:
Site Description
The Fort Riley site is a 152-square-mile U.S. Army base. Fort Riley, established in 1853, has been
a major fort since the Civil War. Its operations are diverse and involve seven landfills, numerous
motor pools, burn and firefighting pit areas, hospitals, pesticide and mixing areas, dry cleaners,
and shops. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, waste motor oils, chlorinated
solvents, and mercury were deposited in landfills above and below the water table and were
spilled or dumped on the ground near buildings. The most serious problems are groundwater
contamination resulting from past operations at the former sanitary landfill at Camp Funston,
groundwater contamination resulting from past and present operations at adjacent dry cleaning
facilities in the Main Post cantonment area, pesticide residues in soils in a maintenance yard in the
Main Post area, solvents released during fire training exercises near Marshall Army Air Field, and
solvents released near the former Building 354 area. Investigations in 1992 found vinyl chloride
and other VOCs in shallow monitoring wells in proximity to the former Camp Funston Landfill.
Groundwater along the Republican and Kansas Rivers is the sole source of drinking water for
Fort Riley, Ogden, and Junction City. Fort Riley water supply wells are located approximately 3/4
mile upgradient of the dry cleaning facilities, where tetrachloroethylene (PCE) was detected in
groundwater sampling conducted in mid-1992. Municipal and Army wells located within 3 miles
of the base provide drinking water for approximately 47,800 people. Groundwater also is used for
crop irrigation. People use the Kansas River along the site property for recreational activities.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through Federal
actions.
Npl Listinghistory
Proposed Date:07/14/89
Final Date:
Deleted Date:
08/30/90
Threats And Contaminants
Monitoring wells in proximity to the former Camp Funston Landfill are
contaminated with vinyl chloride and other VOCs. PCE has been detected in
groundwater at the dry cleaning facility sites. The dry cleaning facilities are located
downgradient of the Fort Riley well field. Groundwater near the installation
boundary at the Marshall Army Airfield has been contaminated with VOCs due to
the operations of a former fire training pit. Landfill debris are reported to contain
waste oils and degreasing solvents. The landfill is located within the flood plain of
the Kansas River, which is used for recreational activities. Groundwater around the
former Building 354 area has been contaminated with solvents. Touching or
ingesting contaminated groundwater or soil could pose a health risk.
Cleanup Approach
Response Action Status
Camp Funston Landfill: An investigation into the nature and extent of contamination at the site
was completed in mid-1994. An interim response action to stabilize the bank of the Kansas River
along the landfill was completed in early 1994. An additional interim action to provide
improvements to the surface cover of the landfill and long-term monitoring of groundwater was
also completed.
Pesticide Storage Facility: An investigation of contamination at this facility was completed in
mid-1993. An interim response action to excavate and dispose of contaminated soils at the site
was completed in the summer of 1994. A study to evaluate any further response actions was
completed and a no action ROD was signed in September 1997.
Dry Cleaning Facilities: An investigation to define the extent of PCE groundwater contamination
and better define site geology has been completed. Supplemental investigations to fill in data gaps
are in progress.
Marshall Army Airfield Former Fire Training Area (FFTA): An initial site investigation indicated
that petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents were present in the subsurface soil and
groundwater. Additionally, contaminants similar to those detected at the FFTA were detected in
the groundwater along the installation boundary and in off-post private wells located at or nearby
the speedway approximately 1,000 feet north of the FFTA. The Army is proposing to construct a
new well in the unpolluted aquifer at the speedway property. The new well would provide potable
water for the speedway's patrons. The Army is currently studying long-term alternatives for the
contaminated groundwater.
Building 354 Area: Investigation continues in the area surrounding the former Building 354.
Releases of solvents to the environment are currently being characterized as to their source and
extent.
Entire Site: Investigations into the nature of contamination at a large number of potential subsites
began in the summer of 1993. Investigations have been prioritized such that the subsites posing
the greatest potential risk will be addressed first. As a result, lead-contaminated soils from a
former firing range near an on-post housing area were excavated, stabilized, and disposed of
off-post.
Site Facts:
Fort Riley is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, a specially
funded program established by the Department of Defense (DOD) in 1978 to
identify, investigate, and control the migration of hazardous contaminants at
military and other DOD facilities.
Environmental Progress
The EPA and the Army have agreed to utilize the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup
Model (SACM) approach, to the extent practical, to address short-term cleanup objectives at the
Fort Riley site. Several interim response actions have been implemented based on this strategy,
with the opportunity for additional actions to be completed in the near future. These interim
actions have reduced the potential for contamination at the Fort Riley site while investigations are
underway.
Site Repository
Manhattan Public Library, Juliette and Superfund Records Center
Poyntz, Manhattan,
Ks
66502901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City,
Ks
66101Mail Stop SUPR
(913)551-4038
Regional
Site Manager:
Craig Bernstein
E-Mail Address:
bernstein.craig@epamail.gov.
(913) 551-7688
Community Involvement
Coordinator:
Phone Number:
Public Information Center:
E-Mail Address:
State Contact:
Robert J. Weber
Phone Number:
(785) 296-8801
Miscellaneous Information
State:
Ks
07Cq
Congressional District:
02
Epa Organization:
Sfd-Supr/Ffse
Modifications
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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