[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: EPA orders PFAS cleanup plan for Tucson Airport site

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA orders the Air Force, Arizona National Guard to clean up groundwater contamination

By Sarah Lapidus
USA TODAY NETWORK
June 12, 2024

PHOENIX — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the U.S. Air Force and Arizona National Guard take action as concentrations of toxic "forever chemicals" are increasing in the groundwater in a historically contaminated area in the south side of Tuscon, Arizona.

The EPA found the pollution came from the nearby military properties and ordered them to clean up the contamination. High concentrations of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, were detected in Tucson's groundwater near the Tucson International Airport at the National Guard base and at a property owned by the U.S. Air Force.

The contaminants threaten the groundwater extracted at a water treatment run by Tucson Water in the Tucson Airport Remediation Project area, known as TARP. That water was intended for drinking, the EPA said in its May 29 order.

Samples taken at the treatment plant showed concentrations of PFAS as high as 53,000 parts per trillion, which is 5,300 times the allowable amount. The limit allowed in drinking water ranges from 4 parts per trillion to 10 parts per trillion, depending on the type of PFAS.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/12/epa-pfas-cleanup-tuscon-arizona/74067165007/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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