Re: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Nine private wells near Letterkenny Army Depot (PA)

On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 3:30 PM Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:

Nine wells in Franklin County found with high PFAS levels

By Unnati Akhouri
State Impact Pennsylvania
AUGUST 9, 2024

The Letterkenny Army Depot says nine wells it tested in Franklin County have a PFAS concentration higher than the limit set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The depot said in a statement that a team will investigate where the PFAS came from.

Todd Wivell with the depot said that in cases where the test results pose an unacceptable risk to human health and environment based on EPA’s risk assessment policies, the army will work to clean up the well.

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The 88 wells tested in April are owned by people or businesses who had responded to the depot’s call for testing earlier this year.

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For the entire article, see
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2024/08/09/nine-wells-in-franklin-county-found-with-high-pfas-levels/

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From:	Jon Gerhardson <jon.gerhardson@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:28:05 -0700 (PDT)
Reply:	cpeo-military
Subject:	Re: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Nine private wells near Letterkenny Army Depot (PA)

If there's an associated Risk Assessment Evaluation can someone hook me up with the pdf. I only know how to find the air force ones and there's something I want to compare this against. Thanks! Best, Jon On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 3:30 PM Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> wrote: Nine wells in Franklin County found with high PFAS levels By Unnati Akhouri State Impact Pennsylvania AUGUST 9, 2024 The Letterkenny Army Depot says nine wells it tested in Franklin County have a PFAS concentration higher than the limit set by the Environmental Protection Agency. The depot said in a statement that a team will investigate where the PFAS came from. Todd Wivell with the depot said that in cases where the test results pose an unacceptable risk to human health and environment based on EPA’s risk assessment policies, the army will work to clean up the well. … The 88 wells tested in April are owned by people or businesses who had responded to the depot’s call for testing earlier this year. … For the entire article, see https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2024/08/09/nine-wells-in-franklin-county-found-with-high-pfas-levels/ — 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 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org
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