For 35-years, until it closed in 1991, Pease Air Force Base was the 4,255-acre home of B-52 Bombers and the US Strategic Air Command’s 509th Bomb Wing, during the Cold War. Because of long time use of AFFF at the site, and other former bases, the USAF contracted us to inventor...
For 35-years, until it closed in 1991, Pease Air Force Base was the 4,255-acre home of B-52 Bombers and the US Strategic Air Command’s 509th Bomb Wing, during the Cold War. Because of long time use of AFFF at the site, and other former bases, the USAF contracted us to inventor...
A system that breaks down so-called forever chemicals with extreme heat and pressure will be tested at two US Air Force bases and a Navy base
ATSDR urges expanded PFAS monitoring, after analysis of 10 sites near Air Force bases : “ATSDR recommends expanded monitoring for PFAS in drinking water in communities beyond those included in the [exposure assessments -- EA] to improve our ability to identify and respond to communities affected ...
Addressing PFAS contamination from its bases in general, the statement said that no one is consuming drinking water with PFOS or PFOA concentrations above the EPA’s health advisory levels where the Air Force is the known source, and that the branch “takes swift action to address drinking water...
Each change meant the Air Force’s contractors had to reexamine bases to determine if the newly added forms of PFAS were present and if the older ones exceeded the revised, lower standard. In 2016, the EPA had set levels for three types of PFAS. Now there aremore than a dozen. ...
Grant Ferrier: How has Stantec\napproached PFAS markets?\nAngus McGrath: Stantec is a Canadian\nfirm, and our foray into PFAS began with\nhelping the Canadian Air Force deal with\nPFAS at their bases around 2012. Most\nof our work has been done in the Federal\nsector, because of the ...
The National Defense Authorization Act includes several PFAS provisions in Title III, related to DOD operations and maintenance at military bases. AFFF containing PFAS, used for putting out fires, is the subject of several provisions. These include prohibiting the uncontrolled release of AFFF containi...
Aqueous fire-fighting foams (AFFFs), such as those found at Loring AFB, can consist of over 50 different PFAS ranging from C2–C12 in length as well as many fluorotelomers that act as precursors to PFAAs such as PFOA and PFOS.7,38,39 Wide use of AFFF chemicals at military bases during...
Other impacted industries include the oil and gas sector, military bases, marine facilities, mining, and certain types of industrial facilities. Regulatory Compliance. Some AFFF regulations impose use restrictions and reporting requirements on businesses that choose to continue to use AFFF. Failure to ...