On February 22, 2017, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order with the United States Department of the Air Force, the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard, and Aurora Military Housing III, LLC (Anchorage, AK) to resolve violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (facility). The implementing regulations of RCRA require entities that generate solid waste to determine if the waste is hazardous, and requires that generators of hazardous waste manage the hazardous waste in compliance with the RCRA requirements in order to protect human health and the environment. EPA alleges that Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard, and Aurora Military Housing III, LLC co-generated hazardous waste at the facility and alleges that between 2011-2015, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson failed to make hazardous waste determinations for two waste streams, stored hazardous waste without a permit in at least 16 different locations throughout the facility, and transferred waste at least three times without completing the required manifest to a facility that was not appropriately permitted to receive the waste. EPA also alleges that Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson failed to properly manage universal waste. In settlement, the Respondents agreed to an assessed penalty of $81,310. The United States Air Force will also complete a Supplemental Environmental Project at a cost of at least $200,00