BANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX REDEVELOPMENT ON TRACKDemolition plans expected to be announced this spring

Alittle more than two years ago the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a contract to brownfield redeveloper CenterPoint Properties to analyze the site and develop a remediation plan for the 300-acre Bannister Federal

Complex (BFC) at 95th and Troost Ave in Kansas City, MO. This work covered the entire site except for the U.S. Marine Corps Data Center located east of the railroad tracks.

The environmental work included characterization of environmental contamination and planning for remediation concurrent with demolition of the obsolete buildings on the property. Numerous work plans have undergone review by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the regulatory agency responsible for the Bannister property. In the next few months, CenterPoint Properties plans to unveil its demolition and remediation plan to the public. The findings of the extensive site analysis also will be discussed. This public workshop will give the community an opportunity to understand the work to date and future plans for the property. A formal public hearing to modify the environmental permit will follow. Dates are yet to be determined. After public comments are appropriately addressed, the Missouri governor will review all the pertinent documents and determine whether the property can be transferred to a new owner.

If the transfer is approved, the new owner will start the demolition and remediation work, which is expected to take up to four years and will employ hundreds of workers. Currently, the BFC is owned by two federal agencies, the General Services Administration and the DOE. The GSA moved to a downtown office building and the KCP, now known as the Kansas City National Security Campus, moved eight miles south of the BFC.

BFC NEWS Bannister Federal ComplexVOL. 8 / WINTER 2017

INFORMATION HUBU.S. Department of Energy Kansas City Field Office

816-488-5476 816-488-5937 www.kcp.com

U.S. General Services Administration Public Affairs

816-223-6198 www.gsa.gov/portal/content/122955

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, Community Involvement

913-551-7433 https://archive.epa.gov/region07/cleanup/bannister

Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Community Involvement

573-751-3553 http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/mo9890010524/information.htm

DOE HAS LONG HISTORY OF STEWARDSHIP OF BANNISTER SITE

BANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX PASSES REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION

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During the BFC’s 70-year history, the DOE’s Kansas City Plant (KCP) has been used mainly for the manufacture of aircraft engines in the 1940s and to

produce non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons from the 1950s until its recent closure. GSA’s side has been used mainly for office space. Throughout that time, the KCP met or exceeded all environmental, health, and safety standards and regulations. However, the environmental standards have become more comprehensive over time. As a result, there were releases of contaminants into the environment, most of which occurred before more stringent regulations were in place in the mid-1980s and prior to industry understanding the adverse environmental impacts from certain materials and operations.

In 1983, cleanup of the KCP began, but was intensified in 1989 when the DOE voluntarily entered into a consent order with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The DOE has spent $99 million on executing its environmental cleanup and monitoring responsibilities. By 2006, all 43

identified solid waste management corrective action units were completed and approved by regulators. Since then, the KCP has continued to be managed in accordance with the requirements of its hazardous waste permit which requires ongoing monitoring, reporting, and use of institutional and engineering controls, such as the groundwater treatment process.

The DOE has moved another step forward in the proposed transfer and redevelopment of the Bannister Federal Complex by completing an

extensive environmental investigation. For more than two

years, the BFC has undergone a wide-ranging site analysis in order to develop a plan to safely transfer the property.

DOE Order 458.1 Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment requires that DOE properties with any potential to contain residual radioactive material must be cleared prior to releasing the property to a new owner for a different use. After the investigation was concluded, an independent contractor looked at existing data, collected additional samples and confirmed the site concentrations meet the requirements of the Order.The DOE continues to work closely with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the regulatory agency responsible for the Bannister site, to complete all the actions necessary for property transfer. For further information on this topic, go to the DOE’s website at www.kcp.com, then click on the Health, Safety & Environment section.

A recently updated Community Involvement Plan is available online which provides a history and summary of environmental activities and related

efforts to communicate with nearby residents and interested stakeholders regarding the Bannister Federal Complex.

The plan was prepared for community involvement activities associated with a Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part I Permit and Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Part II Permit, known collectively as the hazardous waste permit.

For more than 70 years, the facility that is co-owned by GSA and DOE has served the community as a major employer and served the nation in support of national security and national business administrative services. By the end of 2014, both

GSA and DOE employees had moved to other facilities in Kansas City.

GSA Region 6 is responsible for the management of federal buildings and commercial leases, as well as federal purchasing and contracting in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. The DOE’s mission in Kansas City is the manufacture of a wide array of intricate components, including electrical and mechanical devices that enhance the safety and security of the Nation’s defense system.

To read the community involvement plan, go to the Health, Safety & Environment section of www.kcp.com.

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BANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN UPDATE IS ONLINE

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PRESORT STD U.S. POSTAGE

PAID#3657 KCMOPOST OFFICE BOX 419159

KANSAS CITY. MO 64141-6159

Watch your mailboxes this spring for an invitation to a Bannister Federal Complex Redevelopment

PUBLIC MEETING

• Learn more about the environmental analysis results and plans for demolition and remediation

• Provide public comment on plans and learn about next steps