Re: Why the EPA exists
Coalition Sues over Kirtland Air Force Base Jet Fuel Pollution
My point of theses posts are the fact that we have serious pollution and contamination issues in this country and a president that seems to think the EPA is something we don't need.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/...pollution.html
Coalition Sues over Kirtland Air Force Base Jet Fuel Pollution
My point of theses posts are the fact that we have serious pollution and contamination issues in this country and a president that seems to think the EPA is something we don't need.
Citizens groups, state lawmakers and three New Mexico residents who live near jet fuel contamination in Albuquerque have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Department of Defense, alleging a failure to adequately clean up pollution from Kirtland Air Force Base.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico and asks a federal judge to order the Air Force to "abate and mitigate the endangerment." It also seeks to recover legal fees, which have so far climbed to at least $10,000, according to the complaint.
A jet fuel leak was first discovered at Kirtland Air Force Base in 1999, according to the lawsuit.
Since then, some five to 24 million gallons of fuels have leaked from the facility and have been absorbed into soil and groundwater, according to a notice letter the New Mexico Environmental Law Center sent to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico and asks a federal judge to order the Air Force to "abate and mitigate the endangerment." It also seeks to recover legal fees, which have so far climbed to at least $10,000, according to the complaint.
A jet fuel leak was first discovered at Kirtland Air Force Base in 1999, according to the lawsuit.
Since then, some five to 24 million gallons of fuels have leaked from the facility and have been absorbed into soil and groundwater, according to a notice letter the New Mexico Environmental Law Center sent to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas.
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