EPA v. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (FF)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On February 22, 2017, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order with the United States Department of the Air Force, the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard, and Aurora Military Housing III, LLC (Anchorage, AK) to resolve violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (facility). The implementing regulations of RCRA require entities that generate solid waste to determine if the waste is hazardous, and requires that generators of hazardous waste manage the hazardous waste in compliance with the RCRA requirements in order to protect human health and the environment. EPA alleges that Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard, and Aurora Military Housing III, LLC co-generated hazardous waste at the facility and alleges that between 2011-2015, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson failed to make hazardous waste determinations for two waste streams, stored hazardous waste without a permit in at least 16 different locations throughout the facility, and transferred waste at least three times without completing the required manifest to a facility that was not appropriately permitted to receive the waste. EPA also alleges that Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson failed to properly manage universal waste. In settlement, the Respondents agreed to an assessed penalty of $81,310. The United States Air Force will also complete a Supplemental Environmental Project at a cost of at least $200,000.
Defendants (3)
- Aurora Military Housing III, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National GuardNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- U.S. Dept. of the Air ForceNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (25)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
6326 ARCTIC WARRIOR DR., ANCHORAGE, AK, 99506-3240
Registry ID: 110060333928
- …and 10 more
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (FF)entered 2017-02-22
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $81,310 · SEP: $200,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2017-01-31Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2017-02-22Final Order Issued
- 2017-02-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2018-01-25Compliance Achieved
- 2019-02-15Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600935095
- Case number
- 10-2017-0064
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2017-0064 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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