[CPEO-MEF] DISPOSAL, REGULATION: Ft. Wainwright (AK) Safe Drinking Water penalty

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. EPA Region 10
September 19, 2011

Fort Wainwright fined over $79,000 dollars for banned motor vehicle  
waste disposal wells

(Seattle - The Fort Wainwright Army base will pay over $79,000 for  
failing to shut down three banned motor vehicle disposal wells by the  
closure deadline, according to a settlement with the U.S.  
Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA banned Class V injection wells for motor vehicle waste disposal  
in 1999 because of the risks they pose to groundwater sources. Under  
the Safe Drinking Water Act, facilities in Alaska had until 2005 to  
permanently close this category of wells.

"Our inspectors are still finding motor vehicle waste disposal wells  
in Alaska that should have been shut down years ago," said Edward  
Kowalski, Director of EPA's Office of Compliance and Enforcement in  
Seattle. "The wells can contaminate groundwater that communities  
depend on. Facilities need to do the responsible thing and close the  
wells."


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/ 
0/6f94d8940e26fbe58525791000681b70?OpenDocument

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

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