[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Battle Creek (MI) Air National Guard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military prepared to pay for clean drinking water if found responsible for contamination 

By BRYCE HUFFMAN & DOUG TRIBOU 
Michigan Radio
JULY 30, 2018

U.S. military officials say they're willing to pay for clean drinking water for people near Battle Creek, if tests show groundwater contamination comes from its base there.

Andrew Layton, a First Lieutenant with the Air National Guard, commented on the military’s liability in the contamination at a town hall meeting discussing PFAS in Battle Creek on Monday.

“We’re looking at the attribution for contamination, the Air National Guard is committed to providing alternative sources and working with our agency partners as needed absolutely,” Layton said.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality found contaminants from a family of chemicals known as PFAS in private wells near the Air National Guard base in Battle Creek.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.michiganradio.org/post/military-prepared-pay-clean-drinking-water-if-found-responsible-contamination

See also
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2018/07/battle_creek_pfas_meeting.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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