[CPEO-MEF] EPA Orders Tyndall AFB (FL) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

United States Environmental Protection Agency 	
Region 4: Southeast 	

EPA Orders Clean Up at Tyndall Air Force Base

Press Release
November 21. 2007


(Atlanta, Ga. – November 21, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) is taking a major step toward cleaning up Tyndall Air Force 
Base in Panama City, Fla., by compelling the Air Force to properly 
conduct the cleanup. EPA is issuing an Order under Section 7003(a) of 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which requires the 
Air Force to investigate contamination at the base and take action to 
clean it up.

The Order describes the steps the Air Force must take and the time 
frames in which to complete those steps, from initiation of an 
investigation to actual cleanup measures. In addition to the technical 
work, the Order requires that the Air Force develop a community 
relations plan to involve the surrounding community in the cleanup process.

Tyndall Air Force Base is located approximately one mile southeast of 
Panama City, in Bay County and covers 28,823 acres. The base was placed 
on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List in 1997. To date, more 
than 50 sites have been identified on the 29,000-acre base as having 
potential contamination, including municipal and industrial waste 
landfills, areas used for fire training and the explosion of ordnance, 
fuel storage, pesticide storage and mixing areas, and vehicle 
maintenance shops. The contamination includes polychlorinated biphenyls 
(PCBs), pesticides such as DDT, heavy metals, volatile and semi-volatile 
organic compounds, residues from exploded ordnance, and petroleum-based 
compounds such as jet fuel and oil. These substances have been found in 
the soils, sediments, surface waters, and groundwater at the base.

EPA will review future work at the base to ensure that it is conducted 
properly and the cleanup is protective of human health and the 
environment. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will 
also play a vital role in the review of reports, the investigations, and 
proposed cleanup remedies for the base.

For more information about they Tyndall Air Force Base Superfund 
cleanup, visit http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/npl/nplfln/tynafbfl.htm

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For the original press release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/names/r04_2007-11-21_Tyndall_AFB_RCRA


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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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