[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor (WA) fined for failure to monitor

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA fines Navy for problem in monitoring underground fuel tanks

By Ed Friedrich
Kitsap Sun (WA)
January 17, 2012

BANGOR - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Navy  
$161,000 for failing to properly monitor pipes and underground fuel  
storage tanks for leaks at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.

No leaks were detected, but if there were leaks, nobody would have  
noticed.

"Luckily we did not find a leak during the time period we were  
looking at," said Anne Christopher of the EPA's Groundwater Unit in  
Seattle. "But the whole point of the underground storage tank program  
is it's preventive. If there was a leak, they'd detect it quickly."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/jan/17/epa-fines-navy-for-problem- 
in-monitoring-fuel/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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