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Fort Riley is located in the Flint Hills region of Kansas along Interstate-70, approximately 125 miles west of Kansas City. It occupies approximately 100,656 acres of land in portions of Clay, Geary, and Riley Counties in northeast Kansas. Approximately 70,926 acres are used for maneuver training. Interstate 70, Junction City (population approximately 20,000), and Odgen (population approximately 1,600) bound the Installation to the south. Fort Riley is located west of Manhatten (population approximately 38,000). Milford Lake (approximately 16,020 acres in size) bounds a portion of the western side of the Installation. Fort Riley was established in 1853 and has been owned and operated by the U. S. Army since that time. The Post is named in honor of Major General Bennett Riley, a distinguished veteran of the Mexican War and Commander of the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail. Fort Riley was designated a Cavalry Headquarters in 1885 and is known as the “Cradle of the Cavalry.†Fort Riley has trained and deployed military forces in virtually every major war of our nation’s history. It is an integral part of American military history and is known as “America’s War-fighting Center.†Numerous environmental investigations and sampling events were performed at Fort Riley in the 1970s and 1980s. These investigations identified activities and facilities where hazardous substances had been released or had the potential to be released to the environment. Potential sources of contamination include a variety of landfills; printing, dry cleaning, and furniture shops; and pesticide storage facilities. Fort Riley was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) on 30 August 1990. The Department of Army and Fort Riley entered into a Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) with the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment (KDHE) and EPA Region VII in February 1991. The FFA, which incorporates both the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) actions, became effective in June 1991.
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