[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Air Force secretive about PFAS contamination at Martin Air National Guard base in Maryland"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force secretive about PFAS contamination at Martin Air National Guard base in Maryland
The public must rely on Lockheed Martin Corporation for PFAS data.
Air Force decision to end the flying mission of the base is met with bipartisan opposition from Maryland lawmakers.
It’s about jobs at the expense of the environment.

By Pat Elder 
Military Poison
February 14, 2024

The Air Force has been  secretive about the environmental damage it has caused as a result of its reckless use of PFAS in firefighting foams and other applications at Martin State Air National Guard Base near Baltimore, Maryland. Although the DOD says the Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection are completed for Martin Air National Guard base,  the records have not been been made public.  The records are important because they inform the public on the levels and extent of PFAS contamination in the environment. 

Congress requires the DOD to conduct investigations  and take action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980,  at  National Guard facilities where there are known or suspected DoD PFAS releases.  

The last we’ve seen from the Air Force is a four-page May 4, 2021 technical memorandum that documented eleven sites on base with sufficient evidence of PFAS contamination of the environment that warranted additional investigation. Since then, the Air Force has failed to release further documentation of the contamination. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/air-force-secretive-about-pfas-contamination-at-martin-air-national-guard-base-in-maryland

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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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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