Air Force Allocates $13.5 Million Towards Wurtsmith PFAS Cleanup

March 2, 2020
Congress/DoD | DC360 | On Base

A letter submitted by Sen. Gary Peters recently outlined spending to investigate and clean up former Wurtsmith Airforce Base in Oscoda and former K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base near Marquette contaminated by PFAS chemicals, military.com reported.

The contamination is a result of the military using the firefighting foam AFFF. Details have yet to be released by Air Force Civil Engineering on how the funding will be used. The Air Force estimates total cleanup at the base amounts to $251 million.

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March 2, 2020
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