Kickapoo Tribe, Kansas

Site Overview

Site Location

Northeast Kansas

Site Description

Tribal officials desire to enhance emergency response capabilities as part of a pilot project in the Superfund program.

Organization Requesting Assistance

Natural Resources Committee

Beginning Date of Assistance

April 1998

Summary of TOSC Assistance

Support has included review and explanation of federal EPA guidelines for the pilot in the context of upgrading emergency response capabilities, and a meeting and subsequent telephone coordination to encourage a joint project by the tribe and the EPA.

NOTE: The EPA TOSC and TOSNAC programs have ended. Communities seeking technical assistance should contact:

- Belinda Young in EPA Region 7’s office (for help in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, or Iowa) at 913-551-7463 and Young.Belinda@epa.gov;

- Briana Bill in EPA Region 5’s office (for help in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio) at 312-353-6646 and Bill.Briana@epa.gov; or

- Karen Martin at EPA Headquarters at 703-603-9925, Martin.Karenl@epa.gov; or

- EPA personnel identified at the bottom of the TOSC Information Contacts below:

TOSC Information Contact

Brenda Brandon
Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center
155 Indian Ave., Box 5001
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS 66046