[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Former Brandywine Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Meeting set to discuss PFAS contamination caused by Joint Base Andrews in southern Prince George’s County, Maryland
Levels of PFOA in groundwater at JB Andrews are 108.75 million times over EPA advisory
Local group urges community awareness, attendance at meeting with Air Force officials 

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
July 13, 2023

PFAS contamination has been detected at an Air Force facility in Brandywine, Maryland, at Andrews Air Force Base, and in the Piscataway Creek Watershed. This is an opportunity for the public to hear Air Force representatives describe the contamination the Air Force has caused and the steps it has taken to start the cleanup process. The meeting is sponsored by the Greater Baden Aquasco Citizens Association. For more information, call 301-502-3261.

The public must have an understanding of the history and extent of the PFAS contamination caused by the Air Force in southern Prince George’s County, Maryland before walking into this meeting. 

The Brandywine DRMO Office is an inactive Air Force facility managed by Joint Base Andrews. DRMO is an acronym for Defense Reutilization Marketing Office. The name went away in 2010. Now it’s called the Defense Logistics Agency, or DLA. The 8-acre facility is approximately eight miles south-southeast of Joint Base Andrews in the town of Brandywine, Maryland. The Brandywine DRMO Yard is bordered to the north, east, and west by forest and to the south by an active CSX Railroad. 

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https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/meeting-set-to-discuss-pfas-contamination-caused-by-joint-base-andrews-in-southern-prince-georges-county-maryland


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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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