EPA v. FORT LEWIS
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$60,000
Compliance action
$950,000
Case summary
SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS OUTLINED IN COMPLAINT INVOLVE 32 OF 62 REGULATION UST SYSTEM ON THE BASE, INCLUDING 10 OF THE SYSTEMS HAVING MORE THAN ONE VIOLATION. THE VIOLATIONS WERE DISCOVERED AND SHARED WITH BASE PERSONNEL DURING FACILITY INSPECTIONS IN JANUARY OF 1994 AND SEPTEMBER OF 1999. THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY PARTICIPATED IN THE 1999 INSPECTIONS.
Defendants (1)
- FORT LEWISNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
U S ARMY FORT LEWIS
11 MILES S OF TACOMA CITY, FT LEWIS, WA, 984339500
Registry ID: 110070596040
Statutes cited
- RCRA 9003 — UST Release Detection, Prevention, Correction Regulations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
FORT LEWISentered 2001-05-17
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $60,000 · SEP: $250,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2000-09-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-09-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2001-05-17Final Order Issued
- 2002-07-29Amended Administrative Order
- 2003-02-26Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 56081
- Case number
- 10-2000-0216
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- FFE
- Branch
- MMU1
- EPA region
- 10
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- UST Release Detection, Prevention, Correction Regulations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2000-0216 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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