[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Albuquerque, NM "water authority seeks congressional help to quicken jet fuel cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

ABQ water authority seeks congressional help to quicken jet fuel cleanup

BY DAN MCKAY
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
APRIL 27, 2023

The water authority in Albuquerque asked New Mexico’s congressional delegation this week for help accelerating the cleanup of a historic jet fuel spill at Kirtland Air Force Base.

In a two-page letter, Bernalillo County Commissioner Eric Olivas — who serves as chairman of the water authority governing board — said the Air Force has repeatedly failed to develop an acceptable plan or meet a timeline promised to the community.

Instead, he said, progress is slowing down.

“Aggressive action on the site is needed now,” Olivas said in a letter to U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., this week. “The longer the Air Force delays, the longer the site will remain contaminated and the more difficult and costly it will be to clean up.”

Municipal wells are threatened by the pollution, according to the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, but haven’t yet been contaminated.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.abqjournal.com/2594300/abq-water-authority-seeks-congressional-help-to-quicken-jet-fuel-cleanup.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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