[CPEO-MEF] "Kirtland [AFB, NM] jet fuel cleanup to continue for years"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force: Kirtland jet fuel cleanup to continue for years

BY SCOTT TURNER
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
April 20, 2019 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Mark Correll said efforts to rid the groundwater of jet fuel contamination at Kirtland Air Force Base would continue for years to come, and he noted that there are no funding issues with the project.

He told the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority on Wednesday that funding “fluctuates” from year to year based on project needs. The Air Force has spent $125 million so far toward the cleanup, he said.

Correll said the Air Force remained committed “to make sure no one in this city or on Kirtland Air Force Base will drink water that is EDB (ethylene dibromide) contaminated.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.abqjournal.com/1305362/air-force-kirtland-jet-fuel-cleanup-to-continue-for-years.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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