[CPEO-MEF] PREVENTION, ENERGY: Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) Fuel System

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

New System At KAFB Safeguards Water Supply
System Prevents Fuel Leakage Into Nearby Ground

KOAT TV-7 News (Albuquerque, NM)
December 15, 2009

Kirtland Air Force Base broke ground Tuesday on a new system that will 
stop more fuel from leaking into the ground close to its water supply.

Officials at the base said it's a project long overdue.

The fuel used to fly fighter planes over the New Mexico skies since the 
1950s has been blamed for leaking nearly 2 million gallons of fuel into 
the ground.

A new $10,000,000 fuel storage system hopes to prevent history from 
reoccurring.



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For the entire story, see
http://www.koat.com/news/21978134/detail.html
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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