From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:45:32 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Air Force says it won’t follow Michigan law during Wurtsmith [Air Force Base] cleanup" |
Air Force says it won’t follow Michigan law during Wurtsmith cleanup By Garret Ellison MLive (MI) March 25, 2021 OSCODA, MI — The U.S. Air Force drew pointed criticism from activists and former state regulators during a meeting this week in which cleanup managers defended their intention to ignore new Michigan environmental rules by arguing they don’t apply to plans for expanding a groundwater treatment system near a highly polluted wetland. Air Force attorneys said Wednesday that new state rules severely limiting how much toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” a treatment system can discharge back into the environment don’t apply to their plans to expand an existing system. That position has angered locals who were already upset about transparency issues with the Air Force’s proposal for expanding pollution capture near Clark’s Marsh, a contaminated wetland in the Huron-Manistee National Forest adjacent to the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda. … For the entire article, see https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/03/air-force-says-it-wont-follow-michigan-law-during-wurtsmith-cleanup.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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