EPA orders cleanup
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Tyndall Air Force Base to clean up contaminated areas.
The EPA issued an order under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which requires the Air Force to investigate and clean up contamination.
The order also requires the Air Force to develop a community relations plan to involve the surrounding area in the cleanup process.
Tyndall was placed on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List in 1997.
To date, more than 50 sites on the base have been identified as having potential contamination, including municipal and industrial waste landfills, areas used for fire training and the explosion of ordnance, fuel storage, pesticide storage and mixing areas, and vehicle maintenance shops.
For more information, go to www.epa.gov/region4/waste/npl/nplfln/tynafbfl.htm.