[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Aqueous Film Forming Foam discharge from Naval Air Station Patuxent River (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

NAS Pax River works with community partner to mitigate AFFF release

Patuxent River Public Affairs
Patuxent River Naval Air Station Tester (MD)
May 27, 2021
 
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, with community partner St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission (METCOM), mitigated the release of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) after a system reset caused a discharge within an installation aircraft hangar May 16.

The Navy completed replacements at the applicable aviation hangars at NAS Patuxent River to reduce environmental concerns with the legacy AFFF. The newly approved AFFF product does not contain detectable levels (fewer than 25 parts per billion) of the hazardous constituents, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), the two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) of greatest concern.

Each AFFF discharge is treated as a hazardous material release. The environmental and fire departments quickly mobilized and worked to de-foam a holding tank that received the AFFF discharge. The material released on May 16 was the new AFFF (Ansulite 3MS) that does not contain detectable levels of PFOS or PFOA. The swift action by emergency personnel enabled the release of foam to be contained within the local wastewater treatment plant.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.dcmilitary.com/tester/news/local/nas-pax-river-works-with-community-partner-to-mitigate-afff-release/article_93d0a6a2-264c-547c-9882-20487881f1d9.html

For more information, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/accident-at-pax-river-nas-sends-2500-gallons-of-pfas-foam-into-local-sewer-system

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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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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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