[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: New Mexico "Environment Department provides update on PFAS contamination near the Santa Fe Airport"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
New Mexico Environment Department 
February 22, 2024

Environment Department provides update on PFAS contamination near the Santa Fe Airport
Responsible party not yet identified

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) continues to work to identify the responsible party or parties associated with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination around the Santa Fe Airport. Potential sources of the contamination include the Army National Guard’s use of PFAS-containing Aqueous Film Forming Foam at the site until the early 2000’s, the City of Santa Fe’s wastewater treatment solids disposal area, and Santa Fe County’s fire response at the regional airport.

In 2019, the Army National Guard informed NMED that it was beginning preliminary site assessment at the Army Aviation Support Facility adjacent to the Santa Fe Airport. NMED was involved in reviewing sampling locations and sampling methodology as the site assessment plan was developed by the Army National Guard. NMED received the final site investigation report in October of 2023, and is finalizing its review of the 22,000+ page report. NMED is evaluating the sampling data from the site investigation performed by the Army National Guard and coordinating with the Army National Guard as they move forward with further site investigation to identify the nature and extent of the PFAS contamination.

NMED is currently awaiting groundwater sampling data from the City of Santa Fe’s monitoring wells around the wastewater treatment solids disposal areas adjacent to the airport. NMED expects the City of Santa Fe to provide sampling data results to the department by Feb. 29, 2024. The data will assist NMED in determining if the solids disposal area may be contributing to the contamination.


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For the entire release, see
https://www.env.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02-22-COMMS-Environment-Department-provides-update-on-PFAS-contamination-near-the-Santa-Fe-Airport-Final.pdf

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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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