[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: New Mexico "raises specter of fines in Kirtland fuel cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State raises specter of fines in Kirtland fuel cleanup

By John Fleck
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
April 29, 2014

The Air Force is taking too long to start cleaning groundwater  
contaminated by an old Kirtland Air Force Base aircraft fuel spill  
and risks fines of at least $10,000 per day if it misses a June 30  
milestone, state regulators told the service last week.

In a public meeting last August, the New Mexico Environment  
Department and the Air Force committed to have an interim cleanup  
system running by the end of June. In an April 24 letter, provided by  
the state in response to a Journal public records request, the  
Environment Department complained that the Air Force’s current plan,  
a passive approach using bacteria to break down the fuel, could miss  
that milestone by as much as a year.

Rather than waiting that long, the Environment Department directed  
the Air Force to install a cleanup system by June 30 that would  
immediately begin removing contamination from groundwater beneath the  
base.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/391335/news/state-may-fine-kafb-over- 
cleanup.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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