[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Japan agrees to pay for disposal of contaminated wastewater from Marine air base on Okinawa"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Japan agrees to pay for disposal of contaminated wastewater from Marine air base on Okinawa

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE AND MARI HIGA
STARS AND STRIPES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan’s Ministry of Defense has agreed to temporarily take over disposal of contaminated wastewater from a Marine Corps air base in central Okinawa, according to a ministry statement Friday.

The agreement comes just weeks after the Marine Corps drew the ire of local officials for dumping an undisclosed amount of treated water from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan into the public wastewater system on Aug. 26.

Approximately 95,000 gallons of water remain untreated in underground tanks at the air station and also contain contaminants PFOS and PFOA from spilled firefighting foam, public broadcaster NHK reported Friday.

The Japanese government will incur a cost of approximately $825,000 for disposal.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-09-20/okinawa-mcas-futenma-wastewater-japan-disposal-pfos-2950083.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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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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