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APPENDIX H<br />

1. PERMIT CONSIDERATIONS<br />

The purpose of this section is to identify standard environmental regulatory permit requirements that<br />

apply to typical contractor environmental investigation and remediation activities at Kirtland AFB. A<br />

table of various permit requirements from the Federal, state, local, and base-specific level is provided in<br />

this section to be used as a guide for identifying applicable or relevant and appropriate permits for various<br />

contractor activities conducted at Kirtland AFB (See Table 1). The table is set-up to provide the permit<br />

requirements for certain environmental actions along with a description as to when they apply. Table 1<br />

also provides a Kirtland AFB and regulatory agency point-of-contact that can give further information<br />

relating to the specific permit requirements for the referenced activity.<br />

It is noted that certain actions conducted under the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) at the base,<br />

which was initially managed under the United States Air Force (USAF) ERP, may not require<br />

administratively securing the requisite permit. However, the substantive aspects of the permit conditions<br />

would need to be met. The ERP was subsequently integrated with the United States Environmental<br />

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action program.<br />

Many sites are included under the base’s ERP as Solid Waste Management Units. ERP activities are<br />

implemented in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and<br />

Liability Act (CERCLA) and response procedures consistent with the National Contingency Plan.<br />

Under CERCLA, Executive Order 12580, and the Defense Restoration Program (10 United States Code<br />

Section 2701, et seq.), the Department of Defense has delegated USAF “lead agency” in responding to<br />

hazardous substance and other pollutant and contaminant releases. Because these projects are under the<br />

ERP, there is certain flexibility regarding permitting requirements. Specifically, no federal, state, or local<br />

permits are required for onsite response actions conducted pursuant to CERCLA. The term “onsite”<br />

means the areal extent of contamination and all suitable areas in very close proximity to the<br />

contamination necessary for implementation of the response action. Nevertheless, on a site specific basis,<br />

the Kirtland AFB project manager should be consulted to determine whether a proposed action is to be<br />

conducted under the permit exemption or whether it necessitates filing for and/or obtaining the<br />

appropriate permit as identified in Table 1. Sometimes, it takes applying for and securing a permit to<br />

accurately identify all of the substantive permit requirements and conditions to be met.<br />

Kirtland AFB<br />

Base-Wide Permitting Plan H-5 April 2004

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