Army to provide update on remediation of De Soto property that will be site of $4B battery plant

U.S. Army officials will give an update on the cleanup of the former ammunition plant in De Soto that is to be the location of a $4 billion Panasonic battery plant. The Army plans a public hearing on Wednesday to discuss progress on an environmental cleanup of the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. The event will provide the public a chance to ask questions about the cleanup and discuss the possibility of forming a Restoration Advisory Board, according to the Johnson County website. The Sunflower plant opened after the attack on Pearl Harbor to provide ammunition to U.S. troops. It quickly became the world’s largest powder and propellant plant, with a workforce of 12,000.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal