Eagle Industries

Overview

Eagle Industries sits at 10901 S.E. 29th Street in Midwest City, Oklahoma. The company operated there from 1990 to the 2010s, inspecting and repairing aircraft oxygen and fire extinguisher systems. It used trichloroethylene (TCE) as a cleaning solvent. A 2003 inspection by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) found the company dumping TCE on the ground, violating federal regulations. The facility is now inactive. The site was added to the EPA's National Priorities List (NPL) on January 18, 2018. The NPL is the EPA's list of contaminated sites that warrant detailed federal investigation and cleanup.

The main contaminants of concern are TCE and 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA). Both have been detected in groundwater above safe drinking water levels. TCE has also been found in some private drinking water wells nearby, though one source notes those levels have not exceeded maximum contaminant standards. Soil contamination is also present. The full extent of contamination is not yet known, and a complete human health risk assessment has not been finished.

Cleanup actions so far have been limited. About 40 cubic yards of contaminated soil was removed in 2006, though not all contaminated soil was taken out. A heating system installed in 2004 and 2005 removed roughly 3,300 pounds of gasoline-related contaminants from the north side of the property. Several nearby homes have been connected to public water supplies or given filtration systems since 1998. The EPA has also performed multiple removal actions across the site, most recently from July 2025 through March 2026. A combined remedial investigation and feasibility study for the main source area began in August 2018. Phase 1 field work ran from 2019 to 2020, and Phase 2 investigation began in May 2021 and is ongoing. A cleanup remedy is estimated to be selected between May and July 2028.

The EPA has not yet determined whether human exposure is under control or whether groundwater contamination is stabilized. Physical construction of a long-term cleanup has not started. Site documents are available at the Midwest City Library at 8143 E. Reno Avenue, the ODEQ Central Records office in Oklahoma City, and the U.S. EPA Region 6 Library in Dallas.

Residents within half a mile of the site who want their groundwater well tested can contact ODEQ project manager Steven Gunnels at (405) 702-5173. For questions about the investigation, residents can also reach EPA project manager Katrina Higgins-Coltrain or community involvement coordinator Adam Weece at (214) 665-2264. The EPA and ODEQ plan to keep the community informed through fact sheets and public open houses.