[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "'Forever chemicals' pose urgent concern in New Mexico"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Forever chemicals' pose urgent concern in New Mexico

By Susan Montoya Bryan 
Associated Press
August 27, 2022
 

ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico’s top environmental regulator on Thursday warned state lawmakers that taxpayers could be on the hook for groundwater contamination since the U.S. Defense Department continues to challenge the state’s authority to force cleanup of “forever chemicals” at two air bases.

The plumes of PFAS compounds are projected to move further beyond the boundaries of Cannon Air Force Base, and Environment Secretary James Kenney told a panel of lawmakers during a meeting in Clovis that it’s an urgent economic and environmental issue. PFAS is an abbreviation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

The state already has spent $6 million on the problem, he said.

The Defense Department has worked with other communities in neighboring Texas to remediate similar damage, but not in New Mexico, where the agency opted in January 2019 to file a lawsuit challenging the state’s regulatory authority.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ap/forever-chemicals-pose-urgent-concern-in-new-mexico/article_7793a4b9-80f7-51c6-935f-049f966d270b.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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