CAS: Preventing environmental contamination

John White, Central Accumulation Site environmental technician, checks a bowser with reclaimed JP-8 jet fuel as it pumps into a larger holding tank on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. Reclaimed fuel is not suitable for use in the F-15E Strike Eagle; however, the base recycles it for other uses like fuel oil to heat houses after being blended with other fuel sources. White hails from LaGrange, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rae Perry)

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CAS: Preventing environmental contamination

A heavy equipment operator uses a back-hoe to compress bundles of absorbents contaminated with used oil in a roll-off waste container located on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. Base personnel use absorbents to clean weapons and minor spills of hydraulic fluid, oil and fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rae Perry)

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CAS: Preventing environmental contamination

Airman Elliot Westerman, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operator, uses a backhoe to compress absorbents contaminated with used oil at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. After Central Accumulation Site personnel receive a delivery of JP-8 absorbents, a technician processes them in a centrifuge to remove liquids before disposal. Westerman hails from Boswell, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rae Perry)

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CAS: Preventing environmental contamination

John White, Central Accumulation Site environmental technician, loosens the cap on a 55-gallon barrel that stores used hydraulic fluid on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. CAS members visit various base locations to pickup Environmental Protection Agency-regulated and non-regulated waste for proper disposal. White is from LaGrange, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rae Perry)

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Cynthia Miller, Central Accumulation Site environmental technician, individually wraps lithium batteries for disposal on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 12, 2010. In the past, technicians taped battery terminals so they could not touch and start a fire, now as an added precaution they are also placed in individual plastic bags. Miller hails from Goldsboro, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rae Perry)

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CAS: Preventing environmental contamination

Published March 18, 2010
By Senior Airman Rae Perry
4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- The 4th Civil Engineer Squadron's Asset Management Flight ensures all hazardous waste generated is properly stored and disposed of. This is accomplished by the flight's You-Call-We-Haul team operated by a contractor providing hazardous waste disposal services for Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The Central Accumulation Site is a contracted crew, mostly comprised of prior service members, that provides proper disposal and recycling when possible of everything from JP-8 jet fuel to lithium batteries.