[CPEO-MEF] New Mexico military groundwater cleanup oversight "on a shoestring"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater cleanup at military sites complicated

by THERESA DAVIS
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL (NM)
September 15, 2020 

Cleaning up groundwater contamination is slow, complicated and expensive.

And specific remediation at three military sites in New Mexico is also hindered by state budget constraints and limited staff, state Environment Department officials told lawmakers during a virtual briefing last week.

The agency’s Hazardous Waste Bureau is “operating on a shoestring,” with 10 of the bureau’s 35 positions still vacant, said Stephanie Stringer, director of the Resource Protection Division at the New Mexico Environment Department.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.abqjournal.com/1496784/groundwater-cleanup-at-military-sites-complicated-ex-budget-constraints-and-limited-staff-are-hindering-the-process.html

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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
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