[CPEO-MEF] "Air Force outlines work done on Kirtland [AFB, NM] fuel spill"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force outlines work done on Kirtland fuel spill

Opinion by Ian Smith / Restoration Program Management Office, Air  
Force Civil Engineer Center
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
June 8, 2014

As the chief of the Air Force’s environmental restoration program  
management office, I recently attended the regular weekly meeting  
held by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center with Kirtland Air Force  
Base, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, New  
Mexico Environment Department and other stakeholders to discuss the  
investigation and clean-up of the Kirtland Bulk Fuels Facility leak.

Since discovery of the leak 15 years ago, we have worked diligently  
with local and state authorities to aggressively clean up the spill  
so it doesn’t affect surrounding communities. In order to keep the  
community informed, here’s an update of our response to date and  
future plans related to our commitment to conduct a full clean-up of  
the spill.

The Air Force’s primary focus is to keep the city’s water supply  
safe. We put systems in place designed to decrease concentrations  
within the fuel plume and prevent any impact on the local water  
supply. To date, monthly sampling by the ABCWUA has detected no  
contamination from Air Force fuel in Ridgecrest wells.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/412261/opinion/air-force-outlines-work-done- 
on-kirtland-fuel-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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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