# NEOSHO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42269`
- **Case Number:** 07-1982-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WATER AND WASTEWATER TECHNICAL SCHOOL (complaint)
## Summary

NEOSHO. THE SITE, LOCATED APPROX 3 MILES SOUTH OF NEOSHO,    MO, HAS 3 AREAS OF CONCERN: (A)DIGESTER - THIS PORTION OF    THE SITE CONTAINS A CONCRETE DIGESTOR WHICH RECEIVED         WSTE-WTRS WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE CONTAINED DIOXIN.       THE WATER & WASTEWATER TECH SCHOOL, INC. (THE SCHOOL)        OPERATED THE CITY OWNED TRTMNT FACILITY, RECORDS INCICATE    THAT WSTEWTR LEAKED FROM THE DIGESTER & SPILLED ON THE GRND  SURROUNDING THE STRUCTURE. (B) TANK SPILL AREA LOCATED       ON THE CAMPUS OF THE SCHOOL, WSTES CONTAINING DIOXIN WERE    SPILLED ON THE SURFACE OF THE STORAGE TANK. (C) BUNKER       STORAGE AREA- A FORMER AMMUNITION OWNED BY THE SCHOOL        IS PRESENTLY BEING USED AS A TEMPORARY STORAGE FACILITY      FOR DIOXIN CONTAINING WASTE. ON JAN 28, 1982, THE SCHOOL     PETITIONED THE CIRCUIT CT OF NEWTON COUNTY, MO (CV           382-38CC) FOR DISSOLUTION, & HAS ATTEMPTED TO ABANDON        THE PROPERTY AT WHICH THE BUNKER IS LOCATED.                      TOTAL CLAIMS SOUGHT:  $360,000                               TOTAL RECOVERED    :  $75,000                                TOTAL SPENT     :  $47,506.97 (TO DATE)                 12/6/01:  BY MEMO DATD 12/6/01, THIS CASE IS CLOSED AS        UNCOLLECTIBLE .

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