[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: 'Line in sand’ proposed for Kirtland AFB [NM] cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Line in sand’ drawn for Kirtland fuel cleanup


By Olivier Uyttebrouck
Albuquerque  Journal (NM)
May 21, 2014

Water utility officials today will propose a cleanup plan for the  
Kirtland Air Force Base fuel spill that calls for drilling seven  
extraction wells at the leading edge of the contamination plume and  
treating the water to levels considered safe for irrigation uses.

Rick Shean, water quality hydrologist for the Albuquerque Bernalillo  
County Water Utility Authority, told the Journal the intent of the  
draft plan he is expected to present to the water utility board  
tonight is to “draw a line in the sand” to prevent the spread of  
contaminants that threaten municipal water supplies.

The plan will require "buy-in" from the U.S. Air Force and approval  
from the New Mexico Environment Department, Shean said Tuesday.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/403694/news/line-in-the-sand-drawn-for- 
spill.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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