[CPEO-MEF] REGULATION: Alaska haz waste violations

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA asked to back off Eielson Air Force Base

by Sam Friedman
Fairbanks News-Mines (AK)
September 23, 2011

FAIRBANKS - All three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation  
are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to cool off on  
proposed sanctions against the Eielson Air Force Base’s central  
heating unit and power plant.

The regulatory agency has proposed a $218,700 civil penalty against  
the installation for environmental violations found in a July 2010  
inspection, according to a letter sent Thursday to EPA administrator  
Lisa Jackson.

"We believe Eielson AFB is pursing every effort possible to comply  
with EPA regulations given the reality of operating a dated facility  
in need of boiler and other repairs with a limited budget and  
personnel shortages," the three elected officials say in the letter.

...

For the entire article, see
http://newsminer.com/bookmark/15658391-EPA-asked-to-back-off-Eielson- 
Air-Force-Base

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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>
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