# ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53731`
- **Case Number:** 09-2001-0024
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $300
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (complaint) (settlement)
- WALTER S. KING (LT. COL.) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A UST FIELD CITATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE   LINE LEAK DETECTORS ON 4 SEPARATE TANKS. INITIALLY, IN A     LETTER DATED 2/18/2000, THE AIR FORCE DOCUMENTED THAT LINE   LEAK DETECTORS HAD BEEN INSTALLED BUT REFUSED TO PAY PENALTY DUE BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THAT EPA LACKED STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SUCH CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER RCRA SUBTITLE I AGAINST FEDERAL FACILITIES FOR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF EPA'S UST        REGULATIONS. EPA DISAGREED WITH THE AIR FORCE OPINION. THIS  MATTER WENT UNRESOLVED UNTIL AUGUST 10, 2000 WHEN THE AIR    FORCE SENT EPA A LETTER NOTIFYING OF ITS INTENTION TO PAY    THE $300 FINE. EPA RECEIVED A LETTER DATED 12/19/2000 FROM   THE AIR FORCE CONFIRMING THAT A CHECK HAD BEEN SENT TO THE   US TREASURY. EPA SENT A CLOSEOUT LETTER TO THE AIR FORCE     ON JANUARY 19, 2001.

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