[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Wisconsin Air National Guard’s at the Dane County Regional Airport

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Airport lease lets military off the hook for pollution, critics say

By Andrew Bahl and Allison Garfield
Cap Times (Madison, WI)
December 4, 2023

Residents, environmental advocates and elected officials are worried an effort to formalize the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s presence at the Dane County Regional Airport could make it hard to hold the military legally responsible for pollution.

The Dane County Board is weighing whether to approve a joint use agreement among the airport, state and federal military officials. The proposal could be considered by the County Board later this month.

The upshot of the arrangement is that the military would continue to provide fire and rescue at the airport, which would save local taxpayers and possibly airline passengers from having to pay for those services.

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For the entire article, see
https://captimes.com/news/government/airport-lease-lets-military-off-the-hook-for-pollution-critics-say/article_3515cba0-92da-11ee-ae84-6705df005637.html

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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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