[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: New Mexico Environment Department accuses Cannon Air Force Base of violating Water Quality Act

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State environment department accuses Air Force of violating Water Quality Act

BY MADDY HAYDEN
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
December 4, 2018 

The U.S. Air Force is violating the state’s Water Quality Act by failing to properly respond to contaminated groundwater discovered on and around eastern New Mexico’s Cannon Air Force Base, the state contends.

The New Mexico Environment Department issued a Notice of Violation to the Air Force late last week, requiring it to take specific actions in regards to the contamination, including sampling more wells and producing a plan to investigate the extent of the problem.

“NMED is requiring swift action from Cannon Air Force Base to comply with specific requirements of New Mexico law to protect human health and the environment,” the NMED said in a news release issued Tuesday.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.abqjournal.com/1253765/nmed-air-force-violating-water-quality-act-at-cannon.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>
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