EPA v. Castle Air Force Base
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
This is a Federal Facility Compliance Agreement between the United States Department of the Air Force, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency concerning Castle Air Force Base, California. The Site has multiple contaminants (TCE, PCE, TPH, Gasoline). For purposes of cleanup, the site has utilized several remedies, and thus had multiple Records of Decision (ROD). The most recent ROD, known as the Castle Air Force Base Comprehenive Basewide ROD, summarizes all previous remedies selected in previous RODs; adds Institutional Control measures to the greoundwater cleanup remedies; and selects contigency actions for the groundwater remediation actions.
Defendants (1)
- United States Air ForceNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
USAF CASTLE AIR FORCE BASE
BUHACH ROAD AT SANTA FE HIGHWAY, ATWATER, CA, 95342
Registry ID: 110000868437
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
- CERCLA 120E — Federal Facility Interagency Agreement
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Castle Air Force Baseentered 2006-07-13
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1989-07-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2006-07-13Enforcement Action Closed
- 2006-07-13Final Order Issued
- 2006-10-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600016643
- Case number
- 09-1989-0042
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-1989-0042 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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