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HOLLOMAN AFB - HOLLOMAN AFB, NM

Administrative - Formal · FY1987 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 34304

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Case

Case Number
06-1987-0508
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

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Summary

RECENT ENFORCEMENT HISTORY: * ON AUG 23, 1985, WE ISSUED A COMPLAINT TO HOLLOMAN AFB FOR SEVERAL INTERIM STATUS VIOLATIONS; INCLUDING IMPROPER STOR- AGE OF DRUMS, IMPROPER OPERATION OF AN OIL/WATER SEPARATOR, AND UNPERMITTED BURNING OF MUNITIONS IN AN OPEN TRENCH. ALL OF THESE VIOLATIONS HAVE SATISFACTORILY BEEN CORRECTED. IN FACT, A CEI CONDUCTED LAST YEAR DEMONSTRATED THAT HAFB WAS IN COMPLIANCE. HOWEVER, THE MAJOR GROUP OF VIOLATIONS CITED IN THAT ORDER DEALT WITH THE FACILITY'S 7 SURFACE IMPOUND- MENTS. THESE VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING THE FAILURE TO INSTALL AGROUNDWATER MONITORING SYSTEM, HAVE NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED. * WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES SINCE THEN, AND ARE CLOSE TO PREPARING A FINAL COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT. HAFB HAS HIRED RADIAN CORP TO DESIGN A GROUNDWATER MONI- TORING SYSTEM, AND A PROPOSAL HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. NO SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. * LOIS HISTORY: * AS A RESULT OF THE GROUNDWATER HISTORY, HAFB DID NOT CER- TIFY FOR LOIS. THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT A CLOSURE PLAN W/I 15 DAYS OF LOSS OF INTERIM STATUS. THEY SUBMITTED A CLOSURE PLAN ON N

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