75TH CIVIL ENGINEER GROUP BE AMERICA’S BEST Hill Air Force Base Environmental Compliance 17 DEC 09 Environmental Compliance 75 CEG/CEVC 775-6918.

75TH CIVIL ENGINEER GROUP

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Hill Air Force Base Environmental

Compliance

17 DEC 09

Environmental Compliance75 CEG/CEVC

775-6918

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Interpret regulations as applicable to HAFB

Obtain permits Develop and monitor compliance programs Provide compliance assistance and oversight Manage all compliance-related communications

with outside agencies (US EPA, UDEQ, County Health, HQ AFMC)

Compliance Program Scope

Ensuring environmental compliance while supporting the HAFB mission

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Environmental Management

Air Emissions

Hazardous Materials

Recycled Material

HazardousWaste

Finished Product

Waste Water

Customers

Pollution Prevention

Cradle-to-Grave Responsibility

Toxics

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Air Quality Status

Large Program - over 2600 air emission sites Currently in “maintenance” area for ozone

Drives tight control of volatile organic compounds. Now in Non-Attainment for PM2.5 Two Title V operating permits

UTTR – Dec 2000 HAFB – Oct 2002

Subject to NESHAP standards Aerospace Chrome Halogenated solvents RICE and SI ICE More to come (DLSME, Boilers)

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Studies and Assessments

Defense Land Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment NESHAP Assessment

Mobile Source Emission Inventory

Green House Gas Emission Inventory

PM2.5 NAAQS Air Monitoring

Ozone NAAQS Air Monitoring

Boilers Stack Testing

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Base-wide Cradle to Grave HazMat Support (Mission essential to aircraft repair and other essential functions)

Support 72 Active HazMat Distribution Support Centers (HDSCs)

Directly supports ~10,000 production employees Conduct Inventory Audits at HDSCs at least once/yr

Manage Hazardous Materials Tracking System EESOH-MIS development and Implementation

Authorization, Procurement, Tracking, and Disposal of HazMat 2 Million HazMats in the system Manage over 10,000 Material Safety Data Sheets in the system

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Hazardous Materials

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Hazardous Waste

Operate Haz Waste Control Facility (Bldg 514) Operate Bldg 893 – Hazardous Waste Storage

Facility (TSDF) Maintain training for >700 HW Site operators Receive waste from over 250 generation sites 4,200 tons disposed in 1985 (original baseline) 2,347 tons disposed in 2006 – 9,000 containers Reduction efforts include:

rag laundering solvent recovery used oil recycling bead-blast media re-use

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Water Quality - IWTP

Base Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP) Approximately 170k gallons/day (62M gal/yr) Pre-treatment plant—metals removal, organic

chemical removal, sludge treatment Critical to most industrial facilities on base

Regulated by North Davis County Sewer District Untreated discharge at Army Rail Shop and OUs Responsibilities

75 CES – treatment, plant operation & maintenance 75 CEV – inspections, compliance sampling,

regulatory POC New permit requires plant modifications

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Toxics and Tanks

Toxics Program – Asbestos, Lead-based Paint (LBP), Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Assist CEEV with asbestos and LBP issues – mainly regulatory interface and incident response

Achieved “PCB-free” status May 1996

Storage Tank Program Base-wide support for tank installation/closure,

storage/containment regulations and spill prevention Closed 35 above ground and 316 under ground tanks Actively manage 15 remaining regulated tanks

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Water Quality - Storm Water

50 miles of storm water collection lines14 storm water retention pondsDischarge permit from Utah Division of Water

Quality Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Self-monitoring of run-off controls

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Base Support

Interface with Regulators

Spill Response