[Military Environmental Forum] REUSE, PFAS:U.S. Armleanup at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Army says cleanup at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant is ‘slowing down’; PFAS investigation at site still needs fundingOTHER NEWSOCT 23, 2026 - 2:33PM

By JOSIE HEIMSOTH
Lawrence Journal-World (KS)
October 23, 2026

While cleanup at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant is “slowing down,” the U.S. Army is seeking additional funding to investigate contamination from a group of “forever chemicals” near a former fire station on the property.The former ammunition plant is located in northwest Johnson County, approximately 3 miles southwest oaohf De Soto. Most people now know it as the home of the Panasonic battery facility, but that plant takes up only part of the roughly 10,000-acre site, which has now been rebranded as a business park — Astra Enterprise Park.

Established in 1941, the plant was once the world’s largest power and propellant plant, but its manufacturing operations caused widespread contamination. The Army has been cleaning up contamination at the site since 2005, and while much of the property has been remediated, several areas still require millions of dollars worth of cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
https://www2.ljworld.com/news/general-news/2026/oct/23/u-s-army-says-cleanup-at-sunflower-ammunition-plant-is-slowing-down-pfas-investigation-at-site-still-needs-funding/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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