[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: South Burlington Vermont Air National Guard base

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Guard base contributes to PFAS contamination in the Winooski River

By Elizabeth Gribkoff
VT DIgger (VT)
March 31 2020

PFAS contamination has been found in groundwater and surface water — including a stretch of the Winooski River — near the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington. 

The findings come in a draft report released last week by the Guard on the extent of the contamination by the so-called “forever chemicals” - largely from now-banned firefighting foam - at the 281-acre base. State Department of Environmental Conservation staff need to review the report before it is finalized. 

“This has been a very thorough process to determine potential impacts from the use of PFAS on our base and I am encouraged that we can now move toward the next phase of this critically important work,” said Col. Adam Rice, 158th Fighter Wing vice commander, in a prepared statement. He added that elevated PFAS levels were not found in drinking water on or off-base. 

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For the entire article, see
https://vtdigger.org/2020/03/31/air-guard-base-contributes-to-pfas-contamination-in-the-winooski-river/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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