From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:26:52 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Air Force: No shortcuts in Kirtland Air Force Base [NM] cleanup" |
Air Force: No shortcuts in Kirtland Air Force Base cleanup BY SCOTT TURNER ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL (NM) November 14, 2019 at 12:05am The Air Force isn’t taking any “shortcuts” in its effort to clean up contamination caused by the decades-old jet fuel spill at Kirtland Air Force Base, officials said at a recent public meeting. Kate Lynnes, senior adviser for the bulk fuels facility cleanup, said she understood the community’s frustration at the pace of the cleanup, but said the military branch didn’t “want to do too little.” … But Cristobal said NMED said accidents could shut down the wells. Lynnes and Clark said that was the case recently with one of the wells when a catfish swam into the system. It briefly shut down one of the wells. A hotdog was used to lure the catfish out. … For the entire article, see https://www.abqjournal.com/1391359/air-force-no-shortcuts-in-kirtland-air-force-base-cleanup-ex-officials-note-that-757-million-gallons-of-contaminated-water-have-already-been-treated.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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