[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Arizona "is footing the bill for Tucson, Marana PFAS cleanups"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State government is footing the bill for Tucson, Marana PFAS cleanups

By Tony Davis
Arizona Daily Star 
January 26, 2021

Money for the impending Marana and Tucson cleanups of PFAS groundwater contamination will come from the state, but the funding sources for expected future cleanups are unknown at this time.

One state program has given Marana a $16 million loan for its cleanup. Another state program gave the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality $3.3 million for its Tucson cleanup.

In the future, Marana must find another source to pay back the loan.

Also, ADEQ and other agencies must find sources to pay for a complete cleanup of PFAS chemicals in Tucson wells north of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base along with a separate contamination plume on the city’s south side.

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For the entire article, see
https://tucson.com/news/local/state-government-is-footing-the-bill-for-tucson-marana-pfas-cleanups/article_94d96a72-a64d-563a-86b0-ee2674f664e6.html

See also https://tucson.com/news/local/contamination-cleanups-coming-soon-for-tucson-and-marana-groundwater/article_0d580073-85fb-551a-8b5c-4188d128cfab.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
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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