More federal and state resources are being deployed to contain diesel leaking from a submerged fuel tank in a section of Tuttle Creek Reservoir.
In an update Wednesday via Facebook, the Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shared that Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 staff and personnel with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are now at the site. Following a joint staff assessment Tuesday afternoon, EPA began providing additional federal oversight to ensure cleanup is both effective and thorough.
