Roughly 25 years after its closure, cleanup on the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant south of K-10 highway in De Soto is still forecast to take at least six more years, even as a new $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant is set to be built on the long-abandoned site. At a public meeting Wednesday night at De Soto City Hall, representatives from the U.S. Army gave an update on ongoing efforts to clear the site of explosive and contaminated materials. The U.S. Army has been working on remediation efforts alongside the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and several contractors since 2015.
Source: Prairie Village Post
