[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Army Backs Down on FOIA, Waives $300K Fee for PFAS Contamination Data"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Backs Down on FOIA, Waives $300K Fee for PFAS Contamination Data

NEWS RELEASE
Environmental Working Group
MARCH 25, 2019

WASHINGTON – Under pressure from Environmental Working Group and Capitol Hill lawmakers, the Army today agreed to waive its fee of almost $300,000 to process a public records request seeking information about fluorinated chemical contamination at military installations.

In November, EWG filed a Freedom of Information Act requestfor data to determine the severity of PFAS contamination of drinking water and groundwater at hundreds of bases nationwide. EWG requested a fee waiver, which the Associated Press reported is routinely given to news outlets and nonprofit groups seeking information in the public interest.

But earlier this month, the Army said EWG would have to pay $290,400 for collection and preparation of the data. EWG appealed.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.ewg.org/release/army-backs-down-foia-waives-300k-fee-pfas-contamination-data

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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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