ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, OK – The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has reviewed a permit renewal application
submitted by Altus Air Force Base to conduct corrective action and groundwater monitoring at various sites throughout the base. The facility is located within Sections 34, 35, and 36 of Township 3 North, Range 20 West, Indian Meridian, and Sections 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of Township 2 North, Range 20 West, Indian Meridian, all located in Jackson County, Oklahoma. Altus Air Force Base is located within the corporate limits of the City of Altus in Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma. The street address for the facility is 401 L Avenue, Building 358, Altus Air Force Base, Altus, Oklahoma 73523-5138. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has made a tentative determination to renew the permit.
The draft permit and its conditions propose that Altus Air Force Base continue corrective action and groundwater monitoring. The permit would be issued under the authority of the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act and the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Further information, including the application, draft permit, and a fact sheet may be reviewed at the Altus Public Library located at 421 N Hudson St, Altus, OK 73521. These documents may also be viewed during normal business hours at the Department of Environmental Quality’s Central Records Office located at 707 N Robinson Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102.
Persons wishing to comment on the draft permit or to request a public meeting should submit their comments or requests in writing to DEQ no later than forty-five days from the date of this broadcast.
DEQ’s mailing address is P. O. Box 1677, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73101-1677.
For further information about this notice, please contact Hillary Young, Chief Engineer of Land Protection Division at DEQ, at (405) 702-5100. That number again is (405) 702-5100.