[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "EPA fines Army over delayed report of Fort Wainwright [AL] ammo dump"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA fines Army over delayed report of Fort Wainwright ammo dump

by Chris Klint 
Alaska Dispatch News
December 8, 2015

A delay in reporting the presence of an aging ammunition dump on Fort Wainwright, near the Tanana River, has led the Army to settle a claim from the Environmental Protection Agency for nearly $60,000.

The EPA announced the $59,220 settlement with the U.S. Army, for two alleged violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, in a Tuesday statement.

According to the EPA, Fort Wainwright and its 900,000 acres near Fairbanks have been identified as a Superfund cleanup site [2] since 1990. This year, a partial cleanup of the base by the Army removed nearly 320,000 pounds of “material deemed as safe;” EPA said officials also identified 152 “munitions and explosives of concern,” as well as 5,625 unfired and buried .50-caliber rounds.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.adn.com/article/20151208/epa-fines-army-over-delayed-report-fort-wainwright-ammo-dump#.Vmd9W7tqFFY.email

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