[CPEO-MEF] CHROMIUM: Norman, Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force Base

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[It's not clear from this article if anyone has evaluated whether Tinker 
Air Force Base is a possible source of Norman's high levels of 
hexavalent chromium, but it is mentioned. - LS]


EPA to help cities with water issues

By Andy Rieger
Norman Transcript (OK)
December 23, 2010

NORMAN - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it 
soon will issue guidance to all public water systems on how to test for 
and sample drinking water specifically for hexavalent chromium, also 
known as chromium-6.

The announcement by EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson follows Monday's 
release of a study showing traces of the potential carcinogen in 31 of 
35 city water systems tested. Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said the city 
will pursue its own investigation on the source of chromium-6.

"The city of Norman looks forward to and welcomes the EPA's research 
efforts and technical assistance with respect to monitoring and testing. 
Meanwhile, we remain vigilant and will continue to pursue our own 
independent analysis of the particular source of chromium-6 in our 
area," she said.

...

Hexavalent chromium has been cited in the Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality's Tinker Air Force Base Superfund Site history and 
background report. The cleanup site is in the northeast portion of 
Tinker where much rebuilding and refurbishing of aircraft took place.

...

For the entire article, see
http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1473650941/EPA-likely-will-put-limits-on-chromium-6-in-drinking-water

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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
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