[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Air Forces changes technology at Kirtland Air Force Base (NM)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Mexico Officials Fault Air Force Fuel Spill Change

Associated Press
Santa Fe New Mexican
June 1, 2013

ALBUQUERQUE — An Air Force system for sucking fuel contamination from  
Albuquerque groundwater is using a less effective technology than  
planned, state officials said Friday.

The Albuquerque Journal reports that New Mexico Environment  
Department also said that the Air Force made the switch without  
consulting state regulators.

The Air Force said the design change, which uses a lower temperature  
furnace to burn off fuel vapors, was made for fire safety reasons and  
that the system still meets the contamination removal requirements.

According to a May 23 letter from the Environment Department, the Air  
Force promised one thing when asking for state approval last year,  
then while the project was under construction last year quietly  
switched the kind of cleanup technology to one that removes  
contamination at a “significantly” lower rate.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/ 
article_99fe9398-1d6c-5718-ae4e-b095114dfe39.html

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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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