[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, MUNITIONS, VOCs, COMMUNITIES: Wurtsmith Aif Force Base (MI) update

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

State, federal agencies share status updates on WAFB contamination

by Jenny Haglund 
Oscoda Press (MI)
September 3, 2024 

OSCODA – The following is the first of a two-part story, recapping the information shared at the Aug. 21 Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting. Additional details on the various topics will carry over into the second portion of this story, which will appear in next week’s publication.

State, federal and other agency personnel who are involved at the site, provided the audience with updates pertaining to the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (WAFB) in Oscoda.

In what will be expanded on further in the following edition, some of the RAB members and other attendees said they feel that things have taken a step backward, when it comes to the investigation plans and proposed time lines to remediate the WAFB PFAS. Some participants also expressed skepticism surrounding the risk assessment that’s in the works and nearly finalized, which they argue is incomplete and, therefore, should not be published in its current state.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.iosconews.com/oscoda_press/news/article_7d5eaee0-66fb-11ef-8841-37ae73edda9f.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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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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