[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "EPA settles with Anchorage [AK] military base for hazardous waste violations"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations
Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges

By Mark MacIntyre 
Alaska Native News
January 20, 2021 

(Seattle) January 19, 2021 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, today announced a settlement for violations of federal laws governing the handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes.

On October 9, 2019, JBER self-disclosed that approximately 200,000 pounds of expended small-arms cartridge casings (ESACCs) had been stockpiled and were determined to be toxic from lead contamination.  The Base had successfully recycled all its brass casings until 2017, when the recycling was discontinued.  The resolution of this case sets the stage for a resumption of the ESACC recycling program, and the proceeds will fund other base-wide recycling efforts at JBER.

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For the entire article, see
https://alaska-native-news.com/epa-settles-with-anchorage-military-base-for-hazardous-waste-violations/53398/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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