환경보호국(EPA)은 괌 앤더슨 공군기지(AAFB)와 협정을 마무리 지었다. 협정은 섬의 수자원을 보호하기 위해 공군기지의 오일 유출 예방계획과 다른 유출 예방 결손금을 다루기 위해 합의했다.

환경보호국과 괌 앤더슨 공군기지 사이의 연방 시설 준수 협정(FFCA)으로 유출 예방과 통제, 대책(SPCC)계획의 개선하고 시설은 갱신된 엄준한 기름 유출 예방 조건을 준수해야한다.

"이 협정은 괌의 식수와 해양 환경을 지키기 위한 공군의 능력을 향상시킨다"고 환경보호국 태평양 남서부 지역의 지역관리자인 Jared Blumnefeld가 발표했다." 우리는 섬의 중요한 천연자원을 보장하기 위해 계속적으로 노력하고 미래의 다음세대를 위해 보호할 계획이다"라고 덧붙였다.

EPA,Guam air force base agreement to improve spill prevention plans, water resources
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an agreement with Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) in Guam requiring the base to update its oil spill prevention plan and address other spill prevention deficiencies to better protect the island's water resources.

The Federal Facility Compliance Agreement (FFCA) between EPA and AAFB will require an updated Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan and changes to the facilities to comply with newer, more stringent oil spill prevention requirements. The new plan will include AAFB, the Navy Base and the petroleum pipeline between the two facilities.

"This agreement improves the base's ability to safeguard Guam's drinking water and the ocean environment," said Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator for the EPA's Pacific Southwest Region. "We will continue to work with the base to ensure that the island's important natural resources are protected for future generations."

The compliance agreement sets a schedule with deadlines for AAFB to:

Submit a certified updated SPCC plan by December 5, 2014
Complete a drainage assessment and necessary improvements to the underground injection control wells to ensure protection of groundwater
Complete all fuel containment improvement projects
Follow the specified reporting schedules outlined in the agreement
EPA conducted a Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure inspection at the base in 2010 and found several areas where the base was not in compliance with the SPCC requirements. Based on that inspection, EPA issued a Finding of Violation (FOV) on April 5, 2011.

Since the FOV was issued, the base worked closely with EPA to identify and address all SPCC-related deficiencies under this agreement. This compliance agreement is one of the first with a federal facility since the new EPA SPCC regulations took effect in 2010.

[출처 = Water World/ 2014년 4월 28일]