EPA Region 7	12/22/2005
City: Southern bluffs of the Kansas River
Valley
County: Johnson County
Other Names: Doepke-Holliday Site
DOEPKE DISPOSAL
(HOLLIDAY)
KANSAS
EPA ID# KSD980632301
Between 1963 and 1970, the 80-acre Doepke Disposal (Holliday) site operated as a private
industrial and commercial landfill and accepted unknown quantities of wastes such as paint
sludges, solvents, pesticides, metal sludges, and fiberglass resins. Liquids seeping from the site
flow through a culvert under Holliday Drive into the Kansas River. In the early 1960s, many
wastes were burned and buried. Liquids were later stored in ponds on the site. In 1966, with
County approval, 374 drums of various pesticides and solvents were placed with fire debris in a
trench. When the State closed the site in 1970, it was covered. Approximately 150 people live
within 1 mile of the site, and 2,500 live within 3 miles. Residents of Johnson County get
drinking water from 21 wells in the Kansas River alluvial aquifer and from a river intake about
3/4 mile downstream of the site; 200,000 people are served by these systems. About 30 wells lie
within 3 miles; the nearest is 1/2 mile away. Contaminants are not migrating off site in large
enough concentrations to affect water quality in the Kansas River.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through Federal and
potentially responsible parties' actions.
NPL LISTING HISTORY
Proposed Date:
12/30/82
Final Date:
09/08/83
Deleted Date:

THREATS AND CONTAMINANTS

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The groundwater, soil, and leachate are contaminated with volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals from former waste disposal
activities. Subsurface soils and wastes contain significant concentrations of
contaminants and could threaten people working or trespassing on the site. On-site
contaminated groundwater is not being used, so exposure to contaminants is
unlikely.
CLEANUP APPROACH
Response Action Status
Entire Site: The EPA selected a remedy for this site in 1989 featuring removal and off-site
treatment of contaminated liquids currently ponded underground in the area of the former surface
impoundments, if needed; construction of an impermeable multi-layer cap over the waste
disposal area; collection and off-site treatment, if necessary, of significant groundwater seepage;
extended groundwater monitoring of the effectiveness of the remedy; and deed and access
restrictions. The potentially responsible parties completed the design of the remedy in 1993.
Cleanup actions began in the spring of 1995 and construction was completed in October 1996.
Site Facts: In 1987, Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc. entered into a Consent Agreement with the
EPA that directed the company to study site contamination and to develop
cleanup options. An Administrative Order on Consent was signed with the
potentially responsible parties in 1990 to design the remedy for the site. On May
24, 1996, a Consent Decree was entered by the U.S. District Court which required
the parties to implement the remedial actions.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS	
Construction activities at the site have been completed. Construction of an
impermeable multi-layer cap over the waste disposal area and long-term operation and
maintenance activities have reduced the potential for exposures to contaminated materials.
Ground water and seep monitoring activities are ongoing. The second Five-year Review was
completed on September 27, 2005. The assessment of this review is that the remedy continues to
be protective, and is functioning as designed and in accordance with the Record of Decision.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
09/82 Factsheet announcing preliminary investigations
05/85 Factsheet
02/04/86 Community Involvement Plan
10/86, 09/86, 08/86, 07/86, 06/86, 05/86 Factsheets
02/88 Factsheet announcing the administrative record
09/26/88 Factsheet
12/29/88 Factsheet announcing current activities and enforcement action
02/27/89 Factsheet
04/04/89 Citizen Letter announcing EPA's intent to hold a public meeting on 8/16/89 to discuss
Proposed Plan
08/89 Factsheet announcing EPA's remedial cleanup alternatives
03/94 Factsheet announcing cleanup activities
04/95 Factsheet announcing remedial action activities and when they were scheduled to
begin
11/95 Factsheet announcing site update
04/19/05 Factsheet announcing Availability Session
03/21/95 Revised Community Relations Plan

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SITE REPOSITORY
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Johnson County Public Library, 8700 Superfund Records Center
West 63rd Street, Merriam, KS 66201 901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Mail Stop SUPR
(913)551-4038
REGIONAL CONTACTS
SITE MANAGER:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COORDINATOR:
PHONE NUMBER:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
STATE CONTACT:
PHONE NUMBER:
Shelley Brodie
brodie.shelley@epa.gov
(913)551-7706
DiannaWhi taker
(913)551-7598
whitaker.dianna@epa.tov
Leo Henning
(785)296-1914
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
STATE:	KS
0712
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:	03
EPA ORGANIZATION:	SFD-MOKS/SUPR
MODIFICATIONS
Created by:	Suping	Created Date:	05/28/98 03:44 PM
Chang/SUPR/R7/USEPA/U
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Last Modified by: Hattie	Last Modified Date: 12/22/2005 03:29 PM
Thomas/OEP/R7/U SEP A/U
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