[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Air Force backs away from commitment to pay for contamination to Martinsburg [WV] water supply"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force backs away from commitment to pay for contamination to Martinsburg water supply

by Matthew Amsted
Herald Mail
June 9, 2017
 
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The U.S. Air Force has backed away from a commitment to pay for the cleanup of industrial chemicals that apparently migrated from the 167th Airlift Wing base to a groundwater source for Martinsburg's public-water system.

Dennis Pinigis of the Air National Guard Environmental Restoration Program told the Martinsburg City Council on Thursday that the Air Force will not reimburse the city for cleanup-related expenses that have already been incurred at the Big Springs water-filtration plant.

The Air Force also is not moving forward with a cooperative agreement to provide the city with funding for future maintenance costs, according to Pinigis.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/air-force-backs-away-from-commitment-to-pay-for-contamination/article_0bc343e8-d652-59fb-a283-909ea7ca2096.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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