[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Air Force to boost Wurtsmith [Air Force Base, MI] PFAS cleanup under national directive"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force to boost Wurtsmith PFAS cleanup under national directive

By Garret Ellison
MLive..com
August 17, 2023

OSCODA, MI - The U.S. Air Force will step up its PFAS pollution cleanup at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base under a new defense policy directive which instructs military branches to prioritize stopgap measures when possible.

On July 11, the U.S. Department of Defense directed the Army, Navy, Air Force and National Guard to search out places at current and former bases where interim actions can remove PFAS from groundwater and soil before a final full-scale cleanup plan is developed.

Such interim remedial actions (IRAs) have previously been deployed at some installations with PFAS contamination, most notably at Wurtsmith, on a case-by-case basis.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/08/air-force-to-boost-wurtsmith-pfas-cleanup-under-national-directive.html

See also the Associated Press story at
https://www.michiganradio.org/environment-climate-change/2023-08-17/u-s-defense-department-expanding-pfas-cleanup-at-former-wurtsmith-air-force-base

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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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