[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Whitmer invokes defense bill clause to force stricter PFAS cleanup" at former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, MI

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Whitmer invokes defense bill clause to force stricter PFAS cleanup

By Garret Ellison
MLive (MI)
March  31, 202


LANSING, MI — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is attempting to use national defense policy legislation passed two years ago to force the U.S. Department of Defense into compliance with tough state pollution cleanup laws in Michigan.

In a March 31 letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Whitmer invoked a section of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that could force the Pentagon to meet the state’s new low PFAS standards while conducting cleanup at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda and other military contamination sites.

The provision, added to the bill by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., allows a state governor to request a new or amended cooperative agreement that would govern remediation at Department of Defense sites and require the military to comply with state pollution laws if those are more stringent.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/03/whitmer-invokes-defense-bill-clause-to-force-stricter-pfas-cleanup.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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