[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Lakes contaminated at Eielson Air Force Base, AK

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Two North Pole-area lakes closed because of contamination; stocking of all Eielson lakes halted

By Sam Friedman
Fairbanks News-Miner (AK)
April 6, 2019

FAIRBANKS - Two North Pole-area lakes that were recently closed to fishing because of water pollution had concentrations of contaminants well above Environmental Protect Agency advisory levels.

Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game announced the closure Wednesday of both Kimberly Lake, which is northwest of North Pole High School off of Roseanne Court, and Polaris Lake on Eielson Air Force Base.

In addition to closing these two lakes, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has suspended the stocking of hatchery fish to all lakes on Eielson Air Force Base, said Tim Viavant regional management coordinator for the Department of Fish and Game in a phone interview Friday.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/two-fairbanks-area-lakes-closed-because-of-contamination-stocking-of/article_3508f1d4-5813-11e9-9aac-4b480e613d78.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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