# WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25817`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0565
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $60K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $60K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SITE DESCRIPTION:                                               WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE (WPAFB), LOCATED JUST   NORTHEAST OF DAYTON, IS A FEDERAL FACILITY COVERING          APPROXIMATELY 8,500 ACRES AND EMPLOYING APPROXIMATELY 25,000 PEOPLE.  OPERATIONS AT THE FACILITY HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITES ON THE BASE, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS SPILLS OF JET FUEL AND CONTROLLED JET FUEL GROUND FIRES FOR FIRE    TRAINING.  ADDITIONALLY, HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS WERE BURIED IN  TRENCHES, ACID NEUTRALIZATION RESIDEUES WERE ALLOWED TO RUN  ON THE GROUND AND SLUDGE BOTTOMS FROM LEADED GASOLINE        STORAGE TANKS WERE BURIED IN ANY OF 12 DIFFERENT LANDFILLS.

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