[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Oscoda residents condemn revised timeline for Wurtsmith [AFB, MI] cleanup systems"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Oscoda residents condemn revised timeline for Wurtsmith cleanup systems 

By Teresa Homsi
WCMU Public Media (MI)
August 28, 2024 

A plan to address toxic “forever chemicals” leaching into the Au Sable River is being delayed by roughly two more years. Some Oscoda residents say they feel "betrayed" by this revised timeline.

In May, Oscoda residents called on the U.S. Air Force to expedite PFAS cleanup on the former Wurtsmith Air Force base. The USAF is now changing its schedule and pushing back the implementation of two cleanup systems to 2029.

Oscoda resident and PFAS advocate, Cathy Wusterbarth said the decision is a major breach of trust, especially after a Department of Defense policy promised to “address PFAS releases as quickly as possible.”

“They're actually going to be put in place with the final remedial actions for the entire base," Wusterbarth said. "So those plumes of PFAS are going to continue to flow off the base for another four years."

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For the entire article, see
https://radio.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-08-28/oscoda-residents-condemn-revised-timeline-for-wurtsmith-cleanup-systems

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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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