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DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB TO PAY $72,918 TO SETTLE ALLEGED AIR VIOLATIONS

Release Date: 4/17/2000
Contact Information: Paula Bruin, U.S. EPA, (415) 744-1587

     SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) that calls for DOD to pay $72,918 for numerous alleged Clean Air Act violations at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz.

      The alleged violations occurred while removing asbestos during a renovation of an airman's housing facility in August, 1995.

     The alleged violations included:

     failure to provide written notification of its intention to renovate;

     failure to keep regulated asbestos-containing material adequately wet when stripping from a facility;
     
     failure to keep regulated asbestos-containing material adequately wet until collected and contained or treated in preparation for disposal;

     failure to discharge no visible emissions to the outside air during the collection, processing or transporting of asbestos-containing waste material; and

     failure to deposit regulated asbestos-containing waste material at an approved waste disposal site.