Prairie Band Potawatomie Tribe, Kansas

Site Overview

Site Location

Northeast Kansas

Site Description

A petroleum spill impacted Big Soldier Creek on tribal land in April 1997. The tribe seeks to remediate the shores and sediments to reestablish fishing and recreational resources lost due to contamination.

Organization Requesting Assistance

Tribal Environmental Planning Office

Beginning Date of Assistance

April 1998

Summary of TOSC Assistance

TOSC personnel conducted a site visit, attended a resource committee meeting, and provided telephone coordination with agencies providing assistance. TOSC also referred the tribe to a professional consulting company and attended site assessment with tribal employees and consultant.

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