Background

The site includes a former municipal and industrial waste landfill on the upland area of an approximately 80-acre parcel of land on the southern bluffs of the Kansas River. The site currently is owned by Waste Management. A bulk fueling facility and a customer convenience center for refuse drop-off have been constructed onsite, but off the landfill cap.  

Active landfilling operations were performed on portions of the site during the period of January 1952 to September 1970. The site property was operated as a residential trash disposal service from January 1952 until 1962. The trash was disposed in the horseshoe-shaped ravine area of the site. Industrial ...
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