Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781289148713

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to dispose of hazardous waste at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB). GAO found that, in 1985, Tinker AFB: (1) created the Installation Program Technical Review Committee to resolve problems in a more timely and effective manner; (2) established an environmental action group to increase its responsiveness to hazardous waste issues and to act as a clearinghouse for all environmental actions; (3) established a new Environmental Management Directorate to raise the visibility of environmental problems and enhance the working relationship with regulatory agencies; and (4) contracted with the Army Corps of Engineers to complete the Installation Restoration Program, which eliminated the need for private contractors and reduced the time needed to begin site cleanup work.

Natural Resources and Environment
Natural Resources and Environment

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781289152505

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed hazardous waste management practices at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma. GAO found that: (1) the base has been selling, transferring, or disposing of hazardous wastes rather than recycling them, as required by Department of Defense (DOD) waste management policies; (2) an industrial waste treatment plant at the base was not being used to full capacity; (3) rather than repairing a damaged portion of the treatment plant that could handle certain chemicals, the base is having the Defense Property Disposal Service dispose of them; (4) poor management of the plant has led to equipment problems, supply shortages, inadequate written policies, and improper collection, storage, and analysis of waste samples; (5) the base is not in compliance with regulations implementing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; (6) inadequate environmental monitoring on the base has caused the contamination of all of the major streams that flow across the base; and (7) the base has had problems with overcharges on hazardous waste disposal contracts.

Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9781289149765

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on Tinker Air Force Base's efforts to correct its hazardous waste management problems. GAO found that Tinker: (1) implemented a recycling system to reuse hazardous substances generated at the base; (2) installed sensor-activated cutoff valves in its plating and chemical cleaning facility to regulate the flow of industrial wastewater entering its water treatment center; and (3) procured recycling equipment, but will not be able to use it until 1988. GAO also found that: (1) pollution continues to reach the base's streams and groundwater; (2) Tinker requires contractors involved in off-base hazardous waste shipments to use disposal sites that comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's provisions; (3) Tinker collected $52,000 and expects to collect $24,000 in overpayments for hazardous waste shipped off base because of its improved accounting controls; and (4) regulatory agency officials and Tinker believe that it could take years to completely resolve the remaining pollution problems because of their size and complexity.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index