EPA v. TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, USAF

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DIS- CLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. TINKER AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) 7701 ARNOLD STREET SUITE 204 TINKER AFB OKLAHOMA 73145-9100 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 3005 OF RCRA BY IMPROPERLY DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AT AN UNLISCENSED FACILITY. 4. PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL MAKE A REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND REMEDIATION, AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE AND ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION AS TO THE QUALIFICATION OF THE RESPONDENT TO THE SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• TINKER AIR FORCE BASENamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• US AIR FORCE TINKER AIR FORCE BASE

  7701 ARNOLD STREET SUITE 204, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 731459100

  Registry ID: 110000454099

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TINKER AIR FORCE BASEentered 2001-03-27

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-12-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-01-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-03-27Final Order Issued
• 2001-03-27Compliance Achieved
• 2001-03-27Enforcement Action Closed