Winter 2002 

FedFacs


ISSUE #14 

an environmental bulletin for federal facilities 

EPA Launches Online Compliance 

Tracking Reports for Federal Facilities 

EPA’s Federal Facilities Enforcement 

Office has launched an initial version 

of new online environmental compliance 

status reports for federal facilities. 

online 

www.epa.gov/idea/fedfac. 

reports will supplement, and eventually 

replace, hard copy compliance reports 

currently distributed by EPA to more 

than 

bureaus and operating units each quarter 

of the fiscal year. 

The online reports are accessible to 

everyone in the federal community and 

let users obtain compliance and enforcement information about federal facilities 

contained in EPA program databases. 

Reports are provided for the Resource 

Conservation and Resource Recovery Act, 

Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act. 

Users can search online for facilities by 

federal agency, EPA region, and state. 

Search results include facility characterIn side 

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2 ECHO Online Information Pilot 

3 Sustainability at Fort Lewis 

3 Reducing Sulfur Emissions 

4 EMS Implementation Workshops 

5 Base Closure at Fort Wingate 

5 Eielson AFB Agreement 

6 Environmental Management 

Reviews 

6 Federal Facility Program Managers 

7 In the News 

7 Brooks AFB Ready for Reuse 

8 Upcoming Events 

The issue of whether the EPA Administrator has the authority to consider 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 113(e) 

penalty assessment criteria of “size of 

business” and “economic benefit of noncompliance” in determining an appropriate penalty for a federal facility is awaiting decision from the EPA Environmental 

Appeals Board (EAB). 

DAVID KLING IS NEW 

DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL 

FACILITIES ENFORCEMENT OFFICE 

David J. Kling is 

the new director of 

the U.S. EPA’s Federal 

Enforcement 

Office (FFEO) in 

Washington, D.C. 

Kling 

duties in late October 2002, and replaces former director Craig 

Hooks, who left in May 2002 to become 

Deputy Director of EPA’s Office of Wetlands, 

Oceans and Watersheds. 

Kling’s past experience at EPA, working 

collaboratively 

with 

entities to achieve 

pollution prevention and reduction, 

will likely shape his 

approach to managing the Federal 

Facilities Enforcement and Compliance program. 

“I plan to use 

the 

months to get better acquainted with EPA 

federal facility staff and managers, and 

those who manage the nation’s federal facilities,” said Kling. “I want to shape a program 

that uses the best combination of compliance assistance, monitoring, and when necessary, enforcement, to improve environmental 

community.” 

Kling also believes FFEO has a vital and 

valuable role in helping federal agencies 

implement environmental management systems. 

“I strongly believe good environmental 

management systems and practices are 

Issues Still Pending in 

Fort Wainwright Case 

The issue stems out of EPA’s case 

involving the U.S. Army Alaska Garrison, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, in which it 

is seeking $16 million in penalties. The 

penalty total is based on over 10 years of 

noncompliance at the facility. EPA 

believes it has statutory authority to 

assess penalties but the Army disputes 

this authority. 

The Administrative 

Judge (ALJ) issued her opinion on the 

issue in April 2002, after oral argument 

before the ALJ was held in October 

2001. The ALJ held that CAA Section 

113(e) penalty assessment criteria of 

“economic benefit of noncompliance” 

and “size of business” apply to the 

Army and may be taken into account in 

adjusting the penalties for the Army’s 

violations. 

In June 2002, the Army sought, and 

was granted, interlocutory review of the 

Chief ALJ’s decision to EAB. Oral arguments before the EAB were held in 

November 2002, and a decision is 

expected in 2003. 

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I strongly believe 

good environmental 

management systems and practices 

are useful tools in 

managing facility 

operations, as well 

as preventing 

pollution. 

The 

reports can be found at 

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EPA Seeks Comment on Pilot Online Tool to Access 

Facilities’ Environmental Compliance 

The U.S. EPA announced an innovative The 60-day comment period, which participation on data quality. 

pilot information tool which gives the began November 20, provides users and The easy-to-use Web tool is found at 

public and industry direct access to the other interested parties, particularly www.epa.gov/echo. It integrates EPA 

current environmental com- those responsible for facilities and state compliance information for 

pliance record of more than included within the database, facilities regulated under the Clean Air 

800,000 regulated facilities an opportunity to review and Act, Clean Water Act, and Resource 

nationwide, including federal comment on ECHO’s content, Conservation and Recovery Act. Data 

facilities. reports are updated monthly and cover 

EPA is seeking public An innovative pilot information tool a two-year period. The system retrieves 

comment on Enforcement which gives the public and industry information from federal and state data 

and Compliance History direct access to the current environmen- entered into EPA databases, and 

Online (ECHO), which when includes links to additional state 

final, will provide users tal compliance record of more than enforcement and compliance informadetailed facility reports, 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide, tion.


including: federal and state More about ECHO and details


compliance inspections; including federal facilities. regarding the 60-day comment period 

environmental violations; recent formal design and data accuracy. In addition, are published in the Federal Register at 

enforcement actions taken; and a demo- ECHO provides an online error report- www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/index.html. To 

graphic profile of the surrounding area. ing process to ensure continued public learn more, see the ECHO website. 

FedFacs


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Facilities Enforcement Office. 

EPA #300-N-02-009 

Marie Muller, FFEO, Editor


Robin Foster, 


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U.S. EPA (2261A) 

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ONLINE COMPLIANCE TRACKING REPORTS 

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istics, permits, inspection and compliance 

history (e.g., significant noncompliance 

status, inspections conducted by EPA and 

states, quarters in noncompliance), and 

formal enforcement actions and penalties 

issued by EPA or states. 

Federal agencies can now access up to 

five years of detailed information on a 

facility. The online report feature also 

allows users to electronically report data 

discrepancies directly to EPA. 

The online reports are a component of 

EPA’s Online Tracking Information System (OTIS), and like OTIS, is Windows 

based. In order to use the federal agency 

online report feature, users have to register. Instructions are at: www.epa.gov/ 

idea/otis/register. 

For further information on the new 

online reports, contact Richard Satterfield at satterfield.richard@epa.gov or 

(202) 564-2456. 

EPA has also launched a related tool 

for the general public; see article on 

Enforcement and Compliance History 

Online (ECHO) above. 

DAVID KLING 

Continued from page 1 

useful tools in managing facility operations, as 

well as preventing pollution in the first place,” 

Kling said. 

Kling worked in several positions since joining 

EPA in 1985. Most recently, he was acting Deputy 

Director of EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, which manages many chemical and 

pollution prevention activities, including several 

collaborative programs to increase awareness of 

chemical hazards, and discover safer, more 

effective chemical substitutes. 

Kling also led the Asbestos Action Program, 

and was director of EPA’s Pollution Prevention 

Division. There he helped launch the Persistent, 

Bioaccumulative and Toxic Initiative and the 

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing program, 

which provides federal leadership in identifying 

and buying “green” products and services. 

Prior to joining EPA, Kling worked as an 

environmental consultant, university instructor, 

Air Force economist and newspaper reporter. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from 

Penn State, a master’s degree in management 

from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. 

in political science from Johns Hopkins University. 
Profiles in Sustainability: Sustainability Installation 


Program at Fort Lewis


nited States UArmy Colonel 

Richard Conte, stationed at Fort 

Lewis, Wash., is a 

leader and advocate 

of sustainability 

principles. With the 

support of his Garrison Commander, 

Colonel Luke Green, Colonel Conte has 

demonstrated that the Fort Lewis Installation Sustainability Program can make a 

valuable impact by reducing energy 

usage, and protecting the environment. 

Colonel Conte is the Director of Public 

Works for Fort Lewis. He is responsible 

for ensuring environmental compliance 

and natural resource stewardship at the 

86,176 acre installation, and for planning, 

maintaining and repairing the more than 

22 million square feet of facilities at Fort 

Lewis, and the 423,000 acre Yakima 

Training Center. Colonel Conte oversees a 

500 person workforce delivering services 

such as fire protection, utilities, and roads 

for the more than 25,000 soldiers and 

civilian workers and 120,000 retirees and 

29,000 family members living both on and 

off post. 

According to Major General James E. 

Donald, U.S. Army Forces Command, 

Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and 

Installation Management, “The focus of 

the FORSCOM Installation Sustainability Program is to answer this question: 

‘How do we decrease the total regional 

environmental footprint to ensure our 

installations can continue to train and 

deploy combat-ready troops...and that our 

communities have a productive future?’” 

Colonel Conte and the leadership at 

Fort Lewis are creating irreversible 

momentum for sustainability at Fort 

Lewis. As Deputy Chairperson of the 

Installation Sustainability Board and host 

to visiting dignitaries, Conte plays a key 

role in keeping the military and civilian 

leadership informed of sustainability 

issues and progress. His steady support of 

business process changes within Public 

Works, which facilitate sustainability 

integration and implementation across 

Fort Lewis, is noteworthy. 

In addition to his military mission and 

activities at Fort Lewis, Colonel Conte is 

also active with stakeholders and community partners, as evidenced by a Super 

Fort Lewis Installation 

The FNS is a voluntary organization of 

federal agencies which demonstrate leadership in sustainability principles 

through focused projects related to environmental products and services, water 

resource efficiency, reduced air emissions, 

environmental management system 

planning, sustainable designs for new 

construction, renewEnergy Savings Per- able energy, and green 

formance Contract Sustainability Program power purchases. 

with U.S. Department Finally, in 

of Energy. The first can make a valuable recognition of Colonel 

delivery order will impact by reducing Conte’s efforts and 

reduce annual energy energy usage, and pro- expertise, Washington 

usage by 39,000 Governor Gary Locke 

MBTUs, save the tecting the environment. appointed him to serve 

installation $425,000


per year, and significantly reduce green


house gas emissions. 


Colonel Conte, as well as Garrison 

Commander Green, is also a supporter of 

the Federal Network for Sustainability 

(FNS), (www.federalsustainability.org). 

on the Governor’s Sustainability Advisory Panel. Colonel 

Conte’s leadership and involvement with 

the Fort Lewis Installation Sustainability 

Program, FNS, and community groups 

make him well suited to provide valuable 

input. 

NAVY, WASHINGTON STATE, EPA TEAM UP TO 

REDUCE SULFUR IN PUGET SOUND AREA 

The U.S. EPA Region 10, the U.S. Navy, and state of Washington, Department of Ecology (WSDOE) 

are partnering to evaluate the use of biodiesel fuel as a clean burning alternative fuel in the Puget 

Sound region. The initiative’s purpose is to meet state and federal sustainability goals, while 

decreasing the amount of toxic chemical emissions into the air. 

Increased use of biodiesel may result in dramatic reductions of regulated and non-regulated 

emissions. Emission reductions include chemical carcinogens, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 

(PAH), total unburned hydrocarbons, sulfur oxides, sulfates, ozone, carbon monoxide, particulate 

matter, and nitrated PAHs. Increased use of biodiesel can result in cleaner air, and therefore significant health benefits. 

The Navy is currently testing and using 20 percent biodiesel (B20), a low sulfur diesel mixture, 

in shore based generators and heavy equipment at three different locations. The U.S. National 

Park Service (Mount Rainier) and the City of Tacoma Solid Waste Management Department have 

successfully evaluated B20 biodiesel fuel mixture and are reporting this information to the Navy, 

EPA and WSDOE. 

Additional initiatives and increased use of biodiesel in miscellaneous government applications 

are expected to double within the next 12 months as technical, storage, availability and pricing 

issues are resolved through roundtable communications, applications and other efforts. 

For more information on this initiative, please contact: Greg Levcun, Naval Station Bremerton, 

360-315-1056; Michele Wright, EPA Region 10, 206-553-1747; Wayne Elson, EPA Region 10, 206-553-

1463; or Rob Reuter, Washington State Department of Ecology, 425-649-7086. 
Joint Effort Between Federal Agencies, N.C. and Tribes


Leads to EMS Workshop


United States EPA Region 4 and the 

state of North Carolina are working 

to increase compliance and awareness of 

environmental requirements at Department of the Interior (DOI) and tribal 

facilities in the Southeast states. What 

began as an enforcement initiative, has 

evolved into a multi-agency effort to 

attain and maintain compliance through 

the implementation of Environmental 

Management Systems (EMS). 

To facilitate the implementation of 

EMS at Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 

and tribal facilities, EPA Region 4 and 

the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 

(NCDENR) are sponsoring an EMS 

workshop in the spring of 2003. This 

workshop is the culmination of activities 

begun in 1997 when EPA conducted 

enforcement inspections and found several BIA facilities out of compliance. DOI 

agreed to meet with EPA and identify 

ways to correct these compliance problems. EPA and DOI worked jointly to 

enhance compliance assistance across 

DOI bureaus and facilities to raise regulatory awareness and ensure compliance. 

EPA and BIA entered into a compliance 

assistance Memorandum of UnderstandENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 

WORKSHOPS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

EPA New England (Region 1) and EPA Regions 2 and 3, with the support of EPA headquarters, 

have developed a course specifically to help federal employees implement environmental 

management systems at federal facilities. The course — “Designing Your EMS: A Federal 

Facility Workshop”— was first presented in June 2002 at the U.S. Naval Support Station, 

Newport, R.I. The course is a two-day, “nuts and bolts” workshop. The Newport course was 

taught by a team of EMS experts from the federal government and consulting firms. It covered the key components of an EMS including getting management commitment to the EMS 

and identifying the impacts a facility has on the environment. The course also covered EMS 

requirements in Executive Order 13148 (Greening the Government Through Leadership in 

Environmental Management) which directs EMSs to be established at all appropriate federal 

facilities by December 2005. 

Approximately 150 persons attended the Newport workshop. Their feedback on the course 

was very positive. 

•	 “The workshop gave a very complete overview of EMS — we will use the comments of this 

workshop as a framework and checklist for doing our EMS.” 

•	 “I thought this was a really effective and relevant workshop. I feel like I really know this subject now — great job!” 

The course will be presented in other locations in the coming months. EPA Regions 4 and 6 are 

jointly presenting the course in New Orleans in February 2003 and EPA Regions 5 and 7 are planning on presenting the course in Kansas City in 2003. EPA Regions 8, 9 and 10 are working with 

the Federal Network for Sustainability to present the course in a variety of locations in the West. 

Region 8 is also planning a brief course for federal executives. Exact dates and further information on these courses will be announced in FedEnviroNews, the electronic listserve operated by 

EPA and sent to federal environmental staff and management. 

To subscribe to FedEnviroNews, please visit: www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/list 

serv.html 

ing (MOU) in 1998. As part of the MOU, 

EPA Region 4 conducted compliance assistance site visits at BIA-operated, and 

tribal-run BIA facilities. During these site 

visits in 1999 and 2000, EPA discovered 

that neither BIA nor tribal staff and management had a clear understanding of who 

had responsibility for implementing and 

maintaining environmental requirements 

and managing facilities in an environmentally sound way. 

In early 2001, EPA Region 4 and BIA 

Eastern Regional Office representatives 

discussed tools to address these compliance issues, and agreed that helping 

tribal management design and implement a tribal EMS would be the most 

effective. In late 2001, Region 4 met with 

the Natural Resources Committee at the 

United South and Eastern Tribes Conference in Miami, Fla. to report their findings and coordinate an EMS workshop 

for the tribes. This past summer, Region 4 

coordinated a meeting with representatives from tribal, BIA and NCDENR management to design the EMS workshop. 

The EMS workshop will be targeted 

toward tribal, BIA, Indian Health Services, and other facilities located on tribal 

lands and interested in EMS. Participants from other parts of the country are 

also invited. Workshop goals include 

improving communication and networking among tribal facilities, and improving 

organizational activities that control, 

monitor and evaluate adverse impacts on 

the environment and public health. 

Feedback from this workshop will 

also help EPA and the state of North 

Carolina better assist tribal management in the future, including helping to 

design and implement a tribal landwide EMS at the Cherokee Reservation 

in North Carolina. 

Please contact EPA Region 4’s 

Anthony Shelton at (404) 562-9636 for 

more information about this effort, and 

for the agenda, dates and times of the 

workshop. 
Base Closure and UXO at Fort Wingate


I

n June 2002, the U.S. EPA’s Federal 

Facility Enforcement Office (FFEO) participated in a successful exercise in building closer cooperation among EPA, the 

Department of the Interior (DOI), and the 

Department of Defense (DoD) on environmental enforcement issues related to 

unexploded ordnance (UXO) cleanup at 

federal facilities. DOI and EPA are particularly interested in closing bases slated 

for transfer from DoD to DOI. 

At the invitation of the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), FFEO visited Fort 

Wingate military base near Gallup, N.M., 

and attended the Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC) Cleanup Team and inprogress review meetings. These meetings included representatives from the 

state, EPA Region 6, Army, DOI, Navajo 

Nation, and Pueblo of Zuni to discuss environmental restoration of the installation. 

Site Characterization and 

Firefighting Safety 

At the June meeting, participants failed to 

complete a federal firefighting plan for 

Fort Wingate. Local firefighters of the 

Fort Wingate Fire Department 

expressed concern over possible buried 

or UXO and said they would no longer 

enter Fort Wingate to fight wildfires at 

the facility. 

The refusal of the fire department to 

return to the site leaves aerial fire retardents as the only immediate response to 

fires, which meeting participants were 

told would not have extinguished a fire 

at the Fort which firefighters responded 

to in June. 

Firefighters said they were concerned 

that UXO posed a significant threat 

because they could detonate and start 

secondary fires, thereby preventing firefighters from determining escape routes 

and safety zone away from flames. 

This suggests that concern over UXO 

may affect how wildfires are fought on 

millions of acres of public land formerly 

used for training by the U.S. military. 

Risk to adjacent communities may also 

be increased. 

Site Investigation 

FFEO also accompanied the BLM contractor team conducting a site investigation for a portion of the installation. 

According to the November 1995 BRAC 

Cleanup Plan, waste materials generated 

at the facility include solvents, pesticides, 

PCBs, fuels, paints, explosives, metals, 

acids, propellants, and UXO. 

To date, jurisdiction of 5,429 acres has 

been accepted by DOI through the publication of public land orders. These orders 

indicate BIA has management responsibility for these lands. 

EPA Region 6 and the New Mexico 

Environmental Department (NMED) are 

working through the post-closure permit 

process to help DoD identify, investigate, 

and prevent the further spread of releases 

of hazardous wastes and/or hazardous 

constituents to the environment at Fort 

Wingate. It will ensure that corrective 

action activities pursuant to EPA and 

NMED regulations and guidance are 

designed and implemented to protect 

human health and the environment. 

Eielson Air Force Base and the EPA Agree to Clean the Air


Acooperative effort by EPA Region 10 

and the U.S. Air Force is addressing a 

complex environmental problem at Eielson Air Force Base (Eielson) in Alaska. 

The effort will result in the reduction of 

hundreds of tons of air pollutants. 

In September 2000 Eielson received 

notice from EPA Region 10 of several 

environmental problems involving particulate emissions. The base had particulate emissions from its coal-fired power 

plant, and from street sweepers servicing 

its airfield and roads. The Eielson power 

plant burns approximately 180,000 tons 

of coal a year, and produces a significant 

portion of the resulting particulate emissions. Cleaning the runway, associated 

taxiways, parking ramps, and many 

miles of paved roads with street sweepers 

also results in large amounts of fugitive 

emissions. 

Given the essential nature of both the 

power plant and the base’s pavement 

infrastructure, the Air Force required 

solutions to balance the needs of national 

defense with the need to reduce particulate emissions to the air. Taking the lead 

from the EPA, local leaders from the Eielson’s Civil Engineering Squadron, Staff 

Judge Advocate Office, and Group and 

Wing commanders developed a plan to 

finance new baghouses and other emission controls at the power plant, and 

replace or update street sweepers. 

The base’s environmental experts and 

legal staff coordinated extensively with 

headquarters in order to lobby for the 

needed funding. After explaining the 

environmental concerns, the base convinced Pentagon leaders to place Eielson’s fledgling baghouse project as the 

number one Air Force environmental 

funding priority. The new project is slated 

for funding in fiscal year 2003. The installation also purchased the parts to retrofit 

four of five sweepers with new parts and 

upgrades. The fifth sweeper was too old 

for an investment of additional money, so 

Eielson negotiated with headquarters to 

obtain a new sweeper. 

Securing funding for the $22 million 

plus baghouse construction project was 

challenging. Working with the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Eielson began a yearlong effort to develop a design-build project whereby the military would complete 

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EPA Evaluates Facility Environmental Program and 


Management Systems


An Environmental Management 

Review (EMR) is a collaborative effort 

between EPA and a federal facility to evaluate the facility’s environmental program 

and management systems. An EMR is 

conducted to determine how well the facility has developed and implemented specific environmental management systems 

to ensure good environmental performance. EMRs are voluntary and are initiated by an agency or facility. They are not 

compliance-driven assessments, audits or 

inspections. 

The federal facility that requested the 

EMR determines the scope of the review. 

There are several areas of inquiry for an 

EMR. They include: 

• Organizational Structure 

• Environmental Commitment 

•	 Staff resources, training, and 

development 

• Internal and external communications 

•	 Program evaluation, reporting and corrective action 

•	 Environmental planning and risk 

management 

• Formality of environmental programs 

Feedback from facilities receiving an 

EMR has been positive. After receiving 

EPA’s recent draft report, staff at a 

National Guard facility noted, “We are 

beginning our official EMS process this 

fiscal year and have appreciated the 

feedback that was on the draft report 

which we utilized in our planning 

process.” 

An EMR is generally coordinated out 

of one of EPA’s ten regional offices, and 

may be conducted at any type of federal 

facility. For instance, EPA Region 6 conducted EMRs with: U.S. Air Force, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.; U.S. Army, 

Texas Army National Guard, Texas; and 

the U.S. Forest Service, Carson 

National Forest, N.M. Reviews for fiscal 

year 2003 will include the NASA 

Michoud Assembly Plant in New 

Orleans, La., and Texas facilities of the 

U.S. Department of Justice, Federal 

Bureau of Prisons. 

To learn more about EMRs, and how 

your facility may schedule one, please 

contact EPA’s Federal Facility Program 

Manager in your region (see list below). 

FEDERAL FACILITIES PROGRAM MANAGERS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


HEADQUARTERS 290 Broadway, 21st Fl. Phone: 404-562-9636 

Greg Snyder, Director New York, NY 10007-1866 Fax: 404-562-9598 

Planning, Prevention, & malone.kathleen 

Compliance Staff @epa.gov REGION 5 

US EPA 

Federal Facilities Enforcement Office 

Phone: 212-637-4083 

Fax: 212-637-4086 

Lee J. Regner 

IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20460 

snyder.greg@epa.gov 

Phone: 202-564-4271 

Fax: 202-501-0069 

REGION 3 

Bill Arguto 

Denise Rigney 

DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV 

US EPA Region 5 

Office of Enforcement & Compliance 

Assurance 

77 West Jackson Blvd 

Chicago, IL 60604-3507 

US EPA Region 3 regner.lee@epa.gov 

REGION 1 Office of Environmental Programs Phone: 312-353-6478 

Anne Fenn 1650 Arch Street Fax: 312-353-5374 

CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 

US EPA Region 1 

Office of Environmental Stewardship 

1 Congress Street 

Suite 1100, Mail: SPP 

Boston, MA 02114-2023 

arguto.william@epa.gov 

rigney.denise@epa.gov 

Phone: 215-814-3367 (BA) 

Phone: 215-814-2726 (DR) 

Fax: 215-814-2783 

REGION 6 

Joyce F. Stubblefield 

AR, LA, NM, OK, TX 

US EPA Region 6 

Compliance Assurance & 

fenn.anne@epa.gov 

Phone: 617-918-1805 

Fax: 617-918-1810 

REGION 4 

Anthony Shelton 

AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN 

Enforcement 

Division 

1445 Ross Avenue 

Dallas, TX 75202 

REGION 2 US EPA Region 4 stubblefield.joyce 

Kathleen Malone Environmental Accountability @epa.gov 

NJ, NY, PR, VI Division, Federal Facilities Phone: 214-665-6430 

US EPA Region 2 

Compliance Assistance Section 

61 Forsyth St., SW 

Atlanta, GA 30303-8960 

shelton.anthony@epa.gov 

Fax: 214-665-7446 

REGION 7 

Diana Jackson 

IA, KS, MO, NE 

US EPA Region 7 

Enforcement Coordination Office


901 North 5th Street


Kansas City, KS 66101


jackson.diana@epa.gov


Phone: 913-551-7744


Fax: 913-551-9744


REGION 8 

Dianne Thiel 

Connally Mears 

CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY 

US EPA Region 8


999 18th Street


Denver, CO 80202-2466


thiel.dianne@epa.gov;


mears.connally@epa.gov


Phone: 303-312-6389 (DT)


Fax: 303-312-6044


Phone: 303-312-6217 (CM)


Fax: 303-312-6409


REGION 9 

Larry Woods 

Tom Kelly 

AZ, CA, HI, NV, Pacific Islands 

US EPA Region 9 

Cross-Media Division 

75 Hawthorne St, CMD-2 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

woods.larry@epa.gov; 

kelly.thomasp@epa.gov 

Phone: 415-972-3857 (LW) 

Phone: 415-972-3856 (TK) 

Fax: 415-972-3562 

REGION 10 

Michele Wright 

AK, ID, OR, WA 

US EPA Region 10 

Office of Enforcement & Compliance


(OEC-164)


1200 6th Avenue


Seattle, WA 98101


wright.michele @epa.gov


Phone: 206-553-1747


Fax: 206-553-7176

In the News 

Enforcement Update 

Region 8 Issues Emergency 

Administrative Order Against F. E. 

Warren Air Force Base 

On October 4, 2002, EPA Region 8 issued 

an Emergency Administrative Order 

(EAO) against the U.S. Air Force/F.E. 

Warren Air Force Base pursuant to Section 1431 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

(SDWA). The EAO is based on imminent 

and substantial endangerment to the 

health of persons posed by water samples 

that exceeded the SDWA lead action level. 

The EAO required Warren AFB to: (1) 

provide an interim alternative water supply; (2) submit and implement a plan to 

provide a permanent water supply; (3) 

increase monitoring; and (4) provide a 

revised public notice within 24 hours. 

New testing results in early October 

2002 showed lead levels acceptable in 

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE AND THE EPA AGREE


TO CLEAN THE AIR


Continued from page 1


a 35 percent design and contract out the 

remaining design and the entire construction effort. Obstacles unique to building 

these improvements in an Arctic environment were also addressed. Construction 

is expected in June 2005, and Eielson 

expects particulate emissions to drop by 

200-300 tons per year. 

The bid package is currently on-thestreet and award of the project is expected 

in December 2002. The project’s funds are 

expected once the final federal budget bill 

is approved by the Congress. 

Contacts at Eielson are: Stephen D. 

Stringham, PE (Air Quality Program 

Manager) and Frances Isgrigg, PE (Compliance Chief). 

some base areas. After reviewing the test 

results, EPA relieved Warren AFB of the 

requirement to provide an alternative 

water supply to those areas. Approximately 5,100 people are served by the 

Warren AFB water system. Warren AFB 

purchases water from the City of 

Cheyenne, Wyoming, which has had no 

evidence of lead contamination problems. 

Regulatory Update: 

Farm Bill 

The Farm Security and Rural Investment 

Act of 2002, also known as the “Farm 

Bill,” requires federal agencies to give 

preference to biobased products identified 

by the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

USDA plans to develop guidelines for 

designating biobased products, publish a 

list of biobased products for federal purchase, issue criteria for being placed on 

the Designated Biobased Products List, 

and establish a voluntary labeling program. 

Once the applicable guidelines have 

been developed, federal agencies will 

have a year to make changes to their procurement programs. These changes must: 

• Give preference to products on the list; 

•	 Incorporate preference in existing 

guidelines; 

•	 Establish agency preferential procurement programs; and 

•	 Require the use of biobased products 

to the maximum extent (based on 

price, performance and availability). 

The law also requires USDA to continually update their product list. For a more 

thorough discussion of the biobased purchasing requirements, visit: 

www.usda-biobasedproducts.net/public, 

www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov, and 

www.ofee.gov. 

First Federal Facility “Ready for 

Reuse” Certificate Announced 

I

n October, 2002, the U.S. EPA (EPA) and The certificate provides specific inforthe Texas Commission on Environmen- mation about contamination, work pertal Quality (TCEQ) issued a “ready for formed at the site and the status of each 

reuse” certificate to real estate parcel 

the U.S. Air Force for The state of Texas and EPA agree cleaned up to meet 

Brooks City-Base (for- state and federal 

merly Brooks Air that the Air Force successfully requirements. 

Force Base) in San completed cleanup of the base. In July, 2002, 

Antonio, Texas. The


certificate is the first of its kind to be


issued in Texas, and the first for a federal


facility nationally. 


The state of Texas and EPA agree that 

the Air Force successfully completed 

cleanup of the base. The “ready for reuse” 

certificate verifies that environmental 

conditions on this property are protective 

of its current use and anticipated future 

use as a technology and business park. 

Brooks Air Force Base 

was officially transferred to the Brooks 

Development Authority as part of the 

Brooks City-Base Project and formally 

renamed. Prior to the transfer, the Air 

Force completed a comprehensive environmental assessment of the property 

and performed restoration work. More 

information about the Brooks Ready for 

Reuse Determination is available at: 

www.epa.gov/earth1r6/ready4reuse 
Upcoming Events 

Brownfields Grant Proposals Due to EPA in December 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking proposals from local and tribal government entities and nonprofits for Brownfields assessment, cleanup and job training grants. These grant funds cannot be used to address 

Brownfields on current federal facilities but may be used for adjacent properties and some properties formerly 

owned by the federal government. Assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup grant proposals are due December 16, 2002. Job training grant proposals are due in late December 2002. For details visit: 

http://www.epa.gov/brownfields or http://www.yosemite.epa.gov/r10/ cleanup.nsf/sites/bf 

White House 2003 Closing the Circle Awards 

The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE) is seeking nominations for the 2003 White House Closing the Circle (CTC) Awards. This program recognizes Federal employees and their facilities for efforts which 

resulted in significant contributions to the environment. The awards focus on waste prevention, recycling, and 

affirmative procurement activities under E.O. 13101 and environmental management under E.O. 13148, and 

biobased products and sustainable design/green buildings. Nomination packages must be postmarked by January 31, 2003. For more information please visit www.ofee.gov for more details, or call OFEE at: 202-564-1297. 

Fifth Annual Alaska Forum on the Environment 

The Fifth Annual Alaska Forum on the Environment will be held February 10-14, 2003, at the Egan Convention Center, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Forum includes presentations and panels on such topics as: contaminants, hazardous waste cleanup, hazardous materials management, and pollution prevention at federal facilities. Attendees 

do not have to be from Alaska to attend this event. The conference cost is $100, or $50 for any single day/event. 

Additional information about the Forum can be found at: http://www.akforum.com. Comments and suggestions can 

be sent to: info@akforum.com, or call toll free at 1-888-301-0185. 

2003 Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment 

The annual U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Conference on the Environment will be held May 13-15, 2003, at the 

Hyatt Regency Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. Hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the theme of the conference 

is, “Partnering for Environmental Stewardship - Resource Conservation for the Future.” The conference will provide a forum for attendees to meet and exchange information on a wide variety of environmental topics and issues. 

For more information, or to register online, please visit http://www. doi.gov/conference/environment. 

LIST OF ACRONYMS 

ACOE Army Corps of Engineers


AFB Air Force Base


ALJ Administrative Law Judge


BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs


BRAC Base Closure and Realignment Act


CAA Clean Air Act


CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental


Response Compensation and Liability 

Act 

CWA Clean Water Act 

CO Commanding Officer 

DoD Department of Defense 

DOI Department of the Interior 

EAB Environmental Appeals Board 

EAO Emergency Administrative Order 

EMR Environmental Management Review 

EMS Environmental Management System 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

FFEO Federal Facilities Enforcement Office 

FNS Federal Network for Sustainability 

FWS Fish and Wildlife Service 

MOU Memorandum of Understanding 

NASA National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration 

NCDER North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 

NMED New Mexico Environmental Department 

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

OTIS Online Tracking Information System 

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 

PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl 

PPD Pollution Prevention Division 

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act 

SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act 

TCEQ Texas Commission on Environmental 

Quality 

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture 

UXO Unexploded Ordnance 

WSDOE Washington State Department of 

Ecology 

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