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Northeast District Office
The Northeast District Office, or NEDO, serves a 17 county area encompassing 11,030 square miles. The population is 1,211,016 according to the 2000 Census. There are 4,782 miles of rivers and streams, and 151 square miles of public lakes and wetlands. Surface water sources supply most of the drinking water for the large metropolitan areas. The Kansas, Marais des Cygnes, and Missouri Rivers, and Clinton Lake are the major suppliers. Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies are being developed and implemented for each of these surface water sources. Five of the largest solid waste landfills in Kansas are located within the NEDO, collectively receiving about 2.8 million tons of solid waste in 2006. About one-third of all hazardous waste generators in Kansas are located in the NEDO. The NEDO is home to a diverse and complex variety of industries, from large chemical manufacturing to feedlots. The NEDO is staffed with 13 environmental and administrative staff.
Bureau-Specific Information
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District Air Compliance
District staff in this unit perform compliance inspections of sources of air pollution. This unit is also responsible for the issuance of open burning exemptions and investigating complaints associated with ambient air contaminants.
District Livestock Waste
This unit's primary responsibility is the inspection of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO's) and the investigation of complaints associated with this type of activity.
Remediation
This unit is responsible for conducting compliance inspections at facilities containing underground storage tanks (UST), conducting subsurface assessments for the removal of USTs, responding to spills/releases of regulated substances, project management of contaminated sites, and complaint investigations.
Waste Management
District staff in this unit perform compliance inspections of permitted solid waste facilities, hazardous waste generators, and hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities. This unit also bears the responsibility of investigating complaints associated with solid or hazardous waste management.
Water Supply & Wastewater
District Staff in this unit perform compliance inspections of public water supplies and wastewater treatment facilities (NPDES), provide technical assistance to owners/operators of PWS and wastewater systems, responds and investigates sewage bypasses and fishkills, collect water samples from PWS and wastewater systems for compliance monitoring, attend and participate in various meetings with city and county officials, local health departments, and the general public, and assist in the training of Certified Operators.