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U.S. AIR FORCE, BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 37842

$38K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1998-0145
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 9006 OF THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT ( SWDA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6991E. 2. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE 841 FAIRCHILD AVE. SUITE 100 BARKSDALE AFB, BOSSIER PARISH, LOUISIANA 71110-2270 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 9003 OF RCRA BY 1) FAILING TO CONDUCT ADEQUATE MONTHLY MONITORING OR UTILIZE OTHER METHODS AS ALLOWED TO CONDUCT RELEASE DETECTION FOR THE 9 USTS AT THE FACILITY, 2) FAILING TO PROVIDE AUTOMA- TIC LINE LEAK DETECTORS FOR TWO PRESSURIZED LINES, AND 3) FAILING TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL LINE TIGHTNESS TEST OR MONTHLY MONITORING OF THE PRESSURIZED LINE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 9006 OF RCRA, EPA PRO- POSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $70,734 AND ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER TO THE RESPONDENT. THE ORDER REQUIRES THE RESPOND- ENT TO, NOT LATER THAN 60 DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE COMPLAINT, 1) CONDUCT A SYSTEM TEST OF ALL USTS SYSTEMS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION AT THE FACILITY AND SUBMIT THE RESULTS TO LDEQ AND EPA, AND 2) INSTALL AUTOMATIC LINE LEAK DETECTORS ON EACH PRESSURIZED LINE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION.

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