[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Judge dismisses $400M PFAS claim filed by New Mexico landowners" near Cannon Air Force Base

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge dismisses $400M PFAS claim filed by New Mexico landowners
    
By Alaina Mencinge
Santa Fe New Mexican
March 31, 2025 

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed in August by almost 30 New Mexico landowners over PFAS contamination.

The Curry County property owners, who live near Cannon Air Force Base, allege the U.S. Department of Defense contaminated their properties by using firefighting foams containing substances known as “forever chemicals” — which amounted to a “taking” of their property by the federal government without sufficient compensation.

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Armando Bonilla wrote in an order the claims of several plaintiffs were “unripe.”

“While these plaintiffs have been alerted to the possibility of serious PFAS contamination on their property — and have been working diligently to determine the extent of that contamination and hold the Government accountable for its contribution — they have not yet been able to confirm the extent of the contamination through complete groundwater and soil testing,” Bonilla wrote.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/judge-dismisses-400m-pfas-claim-filed-by-new-mexico-landowners/article_fa859135-e3bf-4421-a3fc-a94eb98ddc6a.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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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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