[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) fuel cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NM Wants Jet Fuel Spill Cleaned Up at Kirtland Air Force Base


Associated Press
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
August 23, 2008

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE - The state Environment Department has approved 
a plan to begin cleaning up an underground jet fuel spill at Kirtland 
Air Force Base.

The plan calls for the immediate installation of a soil vapor extraction 
system at the base's fuel storage facility. This will allow the removal 
of fuel from groundwater hundreds of feet below the surface.

While fuel from the old underground fuel line has reached groundwater, 
base officials have said tests show the drinking water supply hasn't 
been contaminated.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/apspill08-23-08.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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