Wyoming Superfund Site: F.E. Warren Air Force Base
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Do you need a Toxic Tort Attorney in The Equality State? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming as a Superfund site because of its amounts of environmental toxins and threat to the environment. You can read the report for the site below.

Some Superfund sites are on the National Priority Site Lists. The National Priorities List ("NPL") is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on the NPL. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation.

Sites are listed on the NPL upon completion of Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments about the proposed site, and after all comments have been addressed. EPA may delete a final NPL site if it determines that no further response is required to protect human health or the environment. Sites where a remediation was completed through the Superfund program are typically deleted from the NPL.

Living near Superfund Sites in Wyoming may place you and your loved ones at higher risk of developing a disease from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but you can do something to to fight back: The EPA says,

[We have] set up a "Post Construction Completion" (or PCC) strategy to ensure that Superfund response actions provide for the long-term protection of human health and the environment. EPA's Post Construction Completion activities also involve optimizing remedies to increase effectiveness and/or reduce cost without sacrificing long-term protection of human health and the environment.

Below you can read the EPA report for the F.E. Warren Air Force Base Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has suffered due to exposure to a Superfund site F.E. Warren Air Force Base, or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you will need a toxic tort lawyer who knows the people of the State of Wyoming . Get started by filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within 24 hours. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, follow this link to let them know about the environmental toxic tort attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg.

F.E. Warren Air Force Base

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F.E Warren Air Force Base

May 2003

Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laramie County, Congressional District - At Large
CERCLIS ID-WY5571924179

ABOUT THE F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE SITE . . .

Historically, F. E. Warren Air Force Base has served a number of military functions: cavalry outpost, quartermaster depot and intercontinental ballistic missile operations base. Past activities left contamination at the Base and at some adjacent private residences. Among the contaminants detected on the Base are solvents and a variety of fuels.  The Base occupies about 6,000 acres immediately west of the City of Cheyenne. It is bordered by agricultural land and suburban homes.  The Air Force, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Wyoming have formed a partnership to address potential human health and ecological risks in ground water and soils. The Air Force also has a Web site with additional cleanup information.

BACKGROUND

Operations began at the U.S. Army outpost, named Fort D. A. Russell, in 1867. The name was changed to Fort F. E. Warren in 1930. The Base was a major training facility during and after World War II. Fort F. E. Warren was transferred to the newly formed U. S. Air Force in 1947 and was renamed F. E. Warren Air Force Base. In 1958, the Base became a Strategic Air Command site. Since then, it has served as an operations center for the Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), later for the Minuteman I and III and finally, for the Peace-keeper ICBMs.  Studies identified hazardous substances in 10 general areas (Operable Units) of the Base, including 13 landfills, two fire-protection training areas, six spill sites, base-wide ground water, a firing range, a battery-acid disposal site, and an open burning/open detonation area. The main contaminants are solvents and a variety of fuels, found in both the soil and ground water.

Some of the ground-water contaminants had moved beyond the Base boundary to the east. Residents using contaminated ground water for drinking water, cooking or bathing could face unacceptable health risks.

EPA added the Base to its National Priorities List (NPL) on February 21, 1990.

Construction is completed for six cleanup actions:

• Installation of a municipal water-supply line that provides clean, safe drinking water to off-site residents whose water wells had been contaminated by seepage from the Base.
• Excavation of all wastes from Landfill 2C and restoration of the area. Landfill 2C was affecting surface-water quality in Crow Creek. Non-hazardous wastes were taken to the Weld County Landfill in Colorado. Project managers minimized any disturbance to the creek. Construction of a cap at Landfill 5A. The waste materials were covered to prevent human contact with them and to minimize water drainage below the surface.
• Construction of a cap over Landfill 6. The cover over the waste minimize drainage below the surface. The landfill will be monitored for methane production, though only trace amounts have been detected so far. Installation of a wall below the water table at Spill Site 7. The wall made of over 600 feet of granular iron or iron-sand mix runs along Diamond Creek. Ground water is cleaned up as it flows through. Solvents in the water react with the iron granules in the wall to remove most of the harmful chemicals.
• Landfills 2a, 2b, 3, and 5b have been cleaned up, with wastes combined into the Waste Co-location Area (WCA) at former Landfill 5a.

CONTINUING PROGRESS

A removal action is planned for spring 2003 in the Spill Site 7 source area soils. Other removals may be planned for the landfills and source areas through 2004 depending on the results of continuing investigations.

Investigations will continue to study contamination and risks so that final, long-term remedies can be evaluated. Investigations are in progress for the Open Burn Open Detonation area, seven spill sites, Landfill 4, and Landfill 7. Remedies for these areas should be chosen in 2003. Most final remedies will be chosen by 2005, although some will extend into 2007.

The cleanup team at F.E. Warren Air Force Base won the General Thomas D. White Award for the best Installation category. This follows a similar award in 2001 for Team Excellence. This was in recognition of accelerated cleanup efforts with costs below original estimates, improved public confidence, and cooperative working relationships with EPA and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

The Department of Defense expects cleanup of the entire Base to exceed $200 million. All cleanup activities are being performed by the Air Force. EPA and the State of Wyoming provide oversight to ensure that all requirements are met.

Record of Decisions for cleanups at FE Warren AFB

Location Map Air Force Clean Up Web site Top of Page

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source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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