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Site is an abandoned coal mine strip pit area. Surface water migrates through the site and then east into Indian Creek. Citizen complaint received in 1984 about "red" water in a tributary of Indian Creek east of
Prescott.

An investigation by the BWP (now the BEQ) conducted in the summer of 1984 revealed acid mine drainage from two abandoned coal piles, one in Missouri and one in Kansas and a pond below a coal pile in Missouri. A breach in the dam of the Missouri pond had increased the flow of the acidic water in the area. Missouri reclaimed the area in 1986. The Mining Section of the BEQ applied for and received funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclaimation Fund (federal) to reclaim the Kansas area. A series of five impoundments were constructed to retain and treat the acid mine drainage through wetland biological processes. Mine tailings were leveled, buried and seeded with grass, some acid drainage enters the first impoundment from Missouri, but drainage into the second impoundment is clear (pH of 7.0). KDHE will
continue to monitor the pH of the discharge once per month for the first six months and quarterly thereafter until deemed unnecessary.

Continue monitoring, long term annual monitoring. Will be performing more remedial maintenance work. (11/92)

Monitoring on a quarterly basis has shown reclamation is successful and water quality is good. Additional remedial work will be performed this summer. (1/95)

After remedial work is performed summer 1995, the site will be recommended to be closed/resolved by fall 1995.(1/95) Construction completed in October, 1995 with recommendation to monitor through spring of 1996 (12/95).

Site cleaned up, no further action required. Remove from list. (8/97)