2020 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:23:33 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, COMMUNITIES: "Public troubled by [former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, MI] funding going to more studies – not cleanup"
 
Public troubled by WAFB funding going to more studies – not cleanup

By Jenny Haglund
Oscoda Press (MI)
April 22, 2020

OSCODA -  When it was announced in February that the Air Force (AF) is allocating $13.5 million toward per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (WAFB) in Oscoda, many assumed this would be used to help clean up the contamination and stop its continued spread.

“Oscoda residents and families have been waiting far too long for the Air Force to act more urgently,” Congressman Dan Kildee said at the time. “I am happy to see the Department of Defense [DoD] finally provide funding to clean up PFAS at Wurtsmith, but still more funding is needed to protect Oscoda residents from PFAS leaching into the drinking water.”

However, during the April 15 Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting – held online because of restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic – it was learned that the AF plans to use the funds for more research and studies; not on direct cleanup.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.iosconews.com/oscoda_press/news/article_0d54d3c8-84b4-11ea-8551-bfb7ba270db0.html

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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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