# RENNER ROAD, RATLIFF DE MINIMIS SETTLEMENT, SHAWNEE, KS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45237`
- **Case Number:** 07-1994-0460
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $30K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DONAVAN AND ORA LEE RATLIFF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE RENNER ROAD SHOOTING RANGE IS LOCATED IN SHAWNEE, KS, IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL PORTION OF JOHNSON COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY   12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY.  THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN  AN AREA EXPERIENCING DRAMATIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND    THE TRACT IS EXPECTED TO BE DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.   THE 58 ACRE PARCEL WAS USED AS A GUN CLUB FROM THE           MID-1950'S TO 1976.                                          THE POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ARE:  RICHARD R. AND     MARJORIE D. SCHROEDER, JUANITA V. SCHROEDER, DONIVAN W. AND  ORA LEE RATLIFF, DON AND CONNIE FULTZ, AND SEVERAL           NON-VIABLE PARTIES.  THEY ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS AND DO NOT     HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE SITE CLEANUP.         WE PLACED A LIEN ON 11 ACRES OF THE SITE WITH KNOWN          CONTAMINATION IN 1993.  THE SITE IS CONTAMINATED WITH LEAD   FROM THE FIRING OF SHOT GUNS.                                WE ISSUED AN ACTION MEMORANDUM ON MARCH 18, 1993, FOR EPA TO CONDUCT A TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL.  IN 1993, WE CONCLUDED      EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRPS; HOWEVER, WE WERE       UNABLE TO REACH SETTLEMENT.                                  IN JANUARY, 1994, WE OBTAINED AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY.  THE CURRENT VALUE IS ZERO; HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT TO OUR        CLEANUP ACTIONS, THE ESTIMATED VALUE IS $580,000.            WE BEGAN ON-SITE REMOVAL ACTIVITIES IN THE SPRING, AND THE   REMOVAL IS NEARING COMPLETION.  WE EXCAVATED APPROXIMATELY   3,600 CUBIC YARDS OF CONTAMINATED SO

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