[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Tyndall Air Force Base (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Officials take unique approach to clean up Tyndall AFB

by Master Sgt. Amaani Lyle
Air Force News Service
March 7, 2011

WASHINGTON --Air Force officials will continue the cleanup of about  
25 problem sites identified as potential threats to human health and  
the environment at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., officials said here  
March 7.

Senior leaders determined the best approach for the cleanup would  
include evaluating each location to determine if a release or threat  
of release of hazardous substances exists; reviewing the basis for  
reopening units previously determined to require no further action;  
and evaluating the need for remedial investigation in light of other  
directly-controlling regulatory programs.

Where there is contamination that presents an unacceptable risk, it  
should be addressed as expeditiously as possible, said Terry A.  
Yonkers, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Installations,  
Environment and Logistics.

"I remain steadfast in my view that if we focus on individual  
locations where unacceptable risk exists and remediation is needed,  
that provides a workable framework at Tyndall," Mr. Yonkers said. "We  
and our colleagues at Environmental Protection Agency and the state  
have too long been focused on the process; it's time to put down the  
pens, pick up the shovels and get down to cleaning up."

To date, an estimated $42.7 million has been spent to clean up  
Tyndall AFB's contaminated sites, officials said. Air Force officials  
have identified a total of 80 sites that are in various stages of  
investigation and remediation. Of these sites, 25 have completed  
investigation and cleanup and received "No Further Action"  
determinations from the EPA or the Florida Department of  
Environmental Protection.

Mr. Yonkers signed a memo on Aug. 19, 2010, directing the expeditious  
cleanup of sites presenting a potential threat to human health and  
the environment at Tyndall AFB using a performance-based contracting  
approach.

...

For the entire release, see
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123245603

--

Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org