New Mexico wants feds to pay for PFAS cleanup at Holloman Air Force Base
JULY 11, 2024NEWS
The Roundhouse is seen Jan. 29, 2019 in Santa Fe. Adrian Hedden | Carlsbad Current-Argus
Amended complaint targets water pollution at bases throughout state
Adrian Hedden
Carlsbad Current-Argus
New Mexico officials want the federal government to pay millions of dollars for cleaning up pollution from “forever chemicals” secreted by Air Forces bases throughout the state, now including Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range.
The New Mexico Attorney General amended its complaint to add Holloman and White Sands as contaminated areas, along with Kirtland Air Force near Albuquerque. Previously Cannon Air Force Base was the only contamination site included in the suit.
The amendments also added the Department of Defense and Air Force as defendants, along with companies 3M and DuPont which produced per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the chemicals at the center of the suit.
The State also called for a court to award costs, damages and other financial relief to New Mexico from the federal government, based on new regulations enacted by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA recently added several PFAS to its list of hazardous substances that could warrant federal cleanup under the “superfund” statute.
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