[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Kirtland Air Force Base [NM] fuel spill cleanup reaches milestone"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kirtland Air Force Base fuel spill cleanup reaches milestone

BY RYAN BOETEL
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL (NM)
JULY 26, 2021

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — State Environment Department officials said after spending more than $100 million and treating more than 1 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater, the end of a massive Air Force project to clean up a historic jet fuel leak on Kirtland Air Force Base may be in sight.

Several Environment Department officials attended an open house event at the Bulk Fuels Facility Groundwater Treatment System on KAFB Thursday night, where they said the Air Force can move to the next phase of the project.

"This facility has been hugely successful, we've pulled the plume back to Ridgecrest Drive. It's done a great job of cleaning up the contamination," said Stephanie Stringer, the deputy cabinet secretary of operations at the Environment Department.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-07-26/kirtland-air-force-base-fuel-spill-cleanup-milestone-2317479.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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