Pools Prairie Superfund Site

Site Overview

Site Location

Neosho, Missouri

Site Description

This site includes two areas of groundwater contaminated with VOCs, including TCE, semi-volatiles, and metals. Some private wells were found to contain more than the maximum allowable contaminant levels for drinking, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is conducting the remediation, has provided whole-house water treatment units to 35 households pending a more long-term solution to the water supply problem. The contamination is believed to originate from a former Department of Defense test site which was used to manufacture and test rocket and jet engines during the 1950s and 1960s. Jet engine overhaul and associated engine parts cleaning also took place.

Organization Requesting Assistance

Restoration Advisory Board

Beginning Date of Assistance

Fall 1997

Summary of TOSC Assistance

TOSC personnel made several visits to this site and provided technical review comments for the water supply replacement portion of an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis report. A public presentation was given by TOSC to explain how sites are put on the National Priority List (NPL).

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

Blase Leven
Center for Hazardous Substance Research
104 Ward Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506-2502

Voice: 785.532.0780
Fax: 785.532.5985
E-mail: baleven@k-state.edu