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REESE AIR FORCE BASE, TX.

Administrative - Formal · FY1994 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 35743

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Case

Case Number
06-1994-0030
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

RESPONDENT IS A GENERATOR OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND AN OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY LOC- ATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 225 AND SPUR 307. ON JAN. 7, 1993, RESPONDENT DISCOVERED FROM ANALYTICAL RESULTS THAT TCE WITH CONCENTRATIONS OF UP TO 10.4 UG/L IS CONTAMINATING PRI- VATELY OWNED DRINKING WATER WELLS LOCATED OFF-SITE. EPA'S SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS THAT TCE IS A GROUP C-B@ CAR- CINOGEN. GROUP C CARCINOGENS ARE POSSIBLE HUMAN CARCINOGENS AND GROUP B2 CARCINOGENS ARE PROBABLE HUMAN CARCINOGENS. THUS, AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT MAY EXIST AS A RESULT OF THE CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER BENEATH AND ADJACENT TO THE RESPONDENT'S FACILITY WITH SOLID AND/OR HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINING TCE CONSTITUENTS. FACILITY ID NO. TX4971524091.

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