From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 19 Aug 2024 22:45:55 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, REUSE: Foam spill at former Brunswick Naval Air Station, ME |
PFAS-laden firefighting foam spills at Brunswick airport by Jules Walkup Bangor Daily News (ME) August 19, 2024 Firefighting foam containing dangerous PFAS chemicals was accidentally discharged at the former naval air station in Brunswick on Monday morning. The foam came from the fire suppression system at hangar 4 at Brunswick Executive Airport at around 5:15 a.m, according to an announcement from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority. The system discharged 1,600 gallons of foam. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Brunswick Fire Department were on-site addressing the situation on Monday, according to the Authority. Clean Harbors, a South Portland company that helps with hazardous material cleanups, was also assisting. Vacuum trucks, containment booms and storage tanks were there remediate the foam, the Authority said. … For the entire article, see https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/08/19/midcoast/midcoast-environment/firefighting-foam-pfas-spill-brunswick-airport/ — 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 | |
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