U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
7
901 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, KS
66101
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal
Nations
United States Air Force to Pay $12,823 Penalty
for Underground Storage Tank Violations in Nebraska
Contact
Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, washburn.ben@epa.gov
Environmental News
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Kansas City,
Kan., Sept. 28, 2012) - The United States Air Force has agreed to pay a $12,823
penalty to the United States for Underground Storage Tank (UST) violations in
three Nebraska counties. The violations occurred at Air Force facilities in
western Nebraska.
In addition
to paying the civil penalty, the Air Force is required to conduct a tank
tightness test to determine if one of the USTs is leaking. The Air Force is
unable to account for 1,490 gallons of diesel fuel in that
tank.
According to
an administrative consent agreement and final order filed by EPA Region 7 in
Kansas City, Kan., routine inspections of the facilities discovered the
violations, some of which were repeat violations.
The
violations included failure to provide overfill protection for an existing tank,
failure to conduct annual inspections of the corrosion protection system, and
failure to report a suspected release to the implementing
agency.
By agreeing
to the settlement with EPA, the United States Air Force has certified that it is
now in compliance with all requirements of the RCRA
regulations.
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