| From: | Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Sat, 23 May 2026 19:24:18 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, CLOSURE: "Air Force delays start of PFAS cleanup at Wurtsmith [AFB, MI] for up to 5 years" |
Air Force delays start of PFAS cleanup at Wurtsmith for up to 5 years By Melissa Nann Burke Detroit News (MI) May 23, 2026 Washington ― The U.S. Air Force is pushing back by up to five years the expected start of construction for PFAS remediation in the area around the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northern Michigan, where military activities left behind PFAS compounds that leached into waterways and drinking water wells. The development prompted questions this week from Michigan lawmakers who pressed Air Force leaders on the reasoning behind the delay and asked them to reassess. "That's 25 years after contamination was first identified in the state, and we just can't keep this community waiting forever," U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, said during a Senate Armed Services hearing. … For the entire article, see https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/22/air-force-delays-pfas-pollution-cleanup-wurtsmith-base-oscoda-michigan/90211763007/ — 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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