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Atchison County to seek KDHE help to clean two illegal-dump sites
Summary
County commissioners voted to apply to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to clean two illegal-dump sites — 6950 Ottawa Road and 185192 78th Road — citing prior KDHE-supported cleanups and a desire to move on two additional properties this year.
Atchison County commissioners voted to sign an application to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to clean up two illegal-dump sites in the county, commissioners said. The properties are listed as 6950 Ottawa Road in Atchison and 185192 78th Road. The motion passed by voice vote, 2-0.
Commissioners said the county has worked with KDHE on two prior property cleanups in the past year and that those efforts were successful, prompting the county to pursue two more sites. "This year, we've already had two properties worked through KDHE to clean up, and we've had a lot of success," an unidentified commissioner said during the meeting.
The board discussed whether to submit the two locations in a single application and agreed to identify each parcel in the minutes so the record shows approval for each specific project. No funding details or timelines for cleanup were specified during the meeting.
Next steps: the county will sign and submit the application to KDHE to begin the administrative process. Commissioners did not set a public timeline for remediation and did not specify funding sources or cost estimates at the meeting.
