[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, REGULATION: Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (MI) dispute

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force dispute with state environmental regulators could jeopardize new PFAS extraction project

By Tracy Samilton
Michigan Radio 
May 25, 2023

The Air Force and state regulators appear to have reached an impasse on a proposed new PFAS extraction project.

The toxic chemicals have contaminated the former Wurtsmith Air Force base in Oscoda.

The extraction project is meant to keep some of the PFAS from entering Van Etten Lake near the base.

EGLE says the work can't begin unless there is a signed document known as a Substantive Requirements Document (SRD). That document would govern discharge standards for an interim remedial system to stem the flow of PFAS chemicals into Van Etten Lake.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.michiganradio.org/environment-climate-change/2023-05-25/air-force-dispute-with-state-environmental-regulators-could-jeopardize-new-pfas-extraction-project

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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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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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