Navy fined for
missing deadline on Wash. weapon site cleanup
Dec. 21The U.S. Navy has agreed to pay a
$40,000 penalty to resolve a notice of noncompliance from federal
environmental regulators.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused the Navy of failing
to submit an investigation work plan for cleaning up the Jackson Park
Housing Complex near Bremerton, Wash. The site contains abandoned
military ordnance from an ammunition depot that operated during World
Wars I and II. The Navy had converted part of the property to
residential housing.
An area including the Jackson Park Housing Complex and Naval Hospital
Bremerton was listed as a Superfund site in 1994 because of concerns
about abandoned ordnance.
As part of its agreement with the EPA, the Navy must complete a work
plan outlining steps it will take to determine whether risks still exist
because of abandoned ordnance and steps that need to be taken to ensure
the health and safety of the public and the environment.
The Navy was supposed to have submitted the plan to the EPA by July
27. The new date for submitting the plan is Jan. 27, 2006.
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