EPA v. HOLLOMAN AFB - HOLLOMAN AFB, NM

Case summary

RECENT ENFORCEMENT HISTORY: * ON AUG 23, 1985, WE ISSUED A COMPLAINT TO HOLLOMAN AFB FOR SEVERAL INTERIM STATUS VIOLATIONS; INCLUDING IMPROPER STOR- AGE OF DRUMS, IMPROPER OPERATION OF AN OIL/WATER SEPARATOR, AND UNPERMITTED BURNING OF MUNITIONS IN AN OPEN TRENCH. ALL OF THESE VIOLATIONS HAVE SATISFACTORILY BEEN CORRECTED. IN FACT, A CEI CONDUCTED LAST YEAR DEMONSTRATED THAT HAFB WAS IN COMPLIANCE. HOWEVER, THE MAJOR GROUP OF VIOLATIONS CITED IN THAT ORDER DEALT WITH THE FACILITY'S 7 SURFACE IMPOUND- MENTS. THESE VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING THE FAILURE TO INSTALL AGROUNDWATER MONITORING SYSTEM, HAVE NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED. * WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES SINCE THEN, AND ARE CLOSE TO PREPARING A FINAL COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT. HAFB HAS HIRED RADIAN CORP TO DESIGN A GROUNDWATER MONI- TORING SYSTEM, AND A PROPOSAL HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. NO SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. * LOIS HISTORY: * AS A RESULT OF THE GROUNDWATER HISTORY, HAFB DID NOT CER- TIFY FOR LOIS. THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT A CLOSURE PLAN W/I 15 DAYS OF LOSS OF INTERIM STATUS. THEY SUBMITTED A CLOSURE PLAN ON NOV 22, 1985. WHAT THIS DOCUMENT WAS, IN FACT, NOTHING MORE THAN A NOTICE OF INTENT TO DELIST. THIS COMPLIANCE ORDER IS TO OBTAIN A REAL CLOSURE PLAN. AS FAR AS CONTINUING TO OPERATE THE IMPOUND- MENTS IS CONCERNED, HAB CEASED ADDING HAZARDOUS WASTE TO THESE UNITS IN DECEMBER 1984. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO LOIS VIOLATION FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT. * FOLLOW-UP: * WE ARE MEETING WITH HAFB IN WASHINGTON, DC ON FRIDAY, FEB 6, 1987, TO BEGIN NEGOTIATING TERMS OF A COMPLIANCE AGREE- MENT. WE WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING DELISTING REQUIREMENTS WITH HEADQUARTERS' PERSONNEL.

Defendants (1)

• HOLLOMON AIR FORCE BASENamed in complaint

Facilities (32)

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

  490 FIRST STREET, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM, 883308277

  Registry ID: 110042049253

• …and 17 more

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3008H — Interim Status Corrective Action Order

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1987-02-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1987-02-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1989-12-20Final Order Issued
• 1995-09-18Compliance Achieved
• 1995-09-18Enforcement Action Closed