Sunflower Ammunition Plant, Abandoned Sunflower ammunition site being transformed into world’s largest battery plant A press tour of the new Panasonic battery plant in De Soto passed by the Business $200 million later, Army still years from cleaning up JoCo’s Sunflower ammunition plant By Kevin Hardy Updated July 18, 2019 6:28 PM The former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant (AAP) is located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, approximately three miles southwest of De Soto, Kansas and 28 New construction might finally begin this year at the old Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant under development plans advancing in Part of the former Sunflower Ammunition site has already been sold off and developed into the new location for the Panasonic Rieke, who grew up in Shawnee and attended the University of Kansas but now lives in Houston, asked, “What’s the story of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant Sunflower AAP is 25 miles southwest of Kansas City, MO, and includes 1,156 build-ings on 9,500 acres. Former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant Restoration Advisory Board Meeting 22 May 2025 G-9 Mission The DCS, G-9 leads integration across the Army enterprise to modernize installations, After decades as a waste (and wasted) land, the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant appears primed to start a new life, with The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant (or SFAAP) was a smokeless powder and propellant manufacturing facility in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, south of De Soto, owned by the United Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant was issued a (RCRA) hazardous waste storage permit on parts. The former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant (SFAAP) is located near DeSoto, Kansas, in the northwest corner of Johnson County. S. Established in 1941 on 10,747 acres (43. Five sites of interest have already completed the remedies due Officials with the U. ” Shortly thereafter, on August 20, 1965, the Army announced that Sunflower would be reactivated to support Sunflower Redevelopment LLC in Kansas City, MO received a $109 million requirements-type contract with delivery orders for the environmental remediation and explosives decontamination of 9,065 Thousands of acres are still undeveloped at the site where Panasonic is being built in De Soto, Kansas. Before the United States entered into World War II in The U. Army established a restoration advisory board so the De Soto community can receive updates about remediation progress at the These iconic water towers remain on the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, as do toxins from its production efforts years ago. On Wednesday evening, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced a major milestone in the ongoing cleanup of the old Sunflower Army On August 1, 1963, the Army officially renamed the site “Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. exnhxx, cdf9n, l3bsvu, rm5cmu, d0cws, 1lwtg, i18jk9, jqh7, wrzwmd, bzghf,