From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:31:30 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: House legislation |
News Release Environmental Working Group August 25, 2021 House defense bill includes historic funding for PFAS cleanup at military sites WASHINGTON – The House version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, or NDAA, includes $549 million in dedicated funding for the cleanup at Defense Department installations of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to the chairman’s version of the bill, which was released today. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) chairs the House Armed Services Committee. The bill will provide $100 million for formerly used defense sites; $175 million for the Air Force; $174 million for the Navy; and $100 million for the Army to clean up PFAS contamination at Defense Department bases. “EWG applauds Chairman Smith for including more than half a billion dollars in dedicated funding for PFAS cleanup at military sites around the country in the NDAA for FY 2022,” said Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs at EWG. … For the entire article, see https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2021/08/house-defense-bill-includes-historic-funding-pfas-cleanup — 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 Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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