The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant was a 15,546-acre (62.91 km2) government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that was established in 1942.
The land was purchased from local citizens through Eminent Domain by the United States Department of Defense.
The Lone Star Defense Corporation, a subsidiary of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Corporation, won the contract on July 23, 1941 to produce artillery shells, bombs, fuses, boosters, and other auxiliary munitions at the site.
These reviews ensure that the remedies put in place continues to protect human health and the environment.
[4] The United States Environmental Protection Agency listed the primary contaminants of concern as tetryl, mercury, chromium, and lead.