On May 17, 2021, the Regional Judicial Officer ratified a combined Complaint and Consent Agreement (CAFO) between EPA Region 3 and Alliant Techsystems Operations, LLC (Respondent), resolving CAA, RCRA and CWA violations at a Navy-owned facility in Keyser, WV. Respondent is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrup Grumman Innovation Systems, LLC (a subsidiary of the Northrup Grumman Corporation) and is the operator of the Navy-owned Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, located in Keyser (Rocket Center), WV, which manufactures military products that include solid fuel rocket motors, explosive warheads, solid fuels and propellants. The Facility is a CAA major source and a RCRA Treatment, Storage, and Disposal facility that is a large quantity generator of hazardous waste. WVDEP has issued Respondent a CAA Title V Permit to Operate the Facility, a NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit and a RCRA Hazardous Waste Management permit, which also allows it to operate an open burning ground to treat hazardous waste propellants and explosives.
Region 3 conducted a multimedia inspection of the Facility in June 2016, and subsequently accompanied WVDEP personnel on a 2019 annual RCRA compliance evaluation inspection of the facility. Alleged CAA Title V Permit violations included Respondent's failure to: conduct visual emission observations and paint booth fabric filter checks at regulated emission points; comply with air conditioning and refrigeration unit leak calculation and repair requ