by ADC | May 26, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, On Base
It will take years to understand the full scope of the problem PFAS chemicals have caused at and near military installations and decades longer to clean up the “forever chemicals,” Richard Kidd said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Kidd is deputy assistant secretary of...
by ADC | May 18, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Navy is proposing to work with the private sector to develop much of the federal property at San Diego’s NAVWAR site into residential and commercial space, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. “That is ground-breaking in the sense of a partnership between the...
by ADC | May 6, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Military Families, On Base
Lendlease and the Army are renovating 12,000 privatized military homes and building 1,200 new ones with $1.1 billion in financing, according to a press release. “Privatization has allowed us to expedite our plans, and we look forward to the continued progress we’ll...
by ADC | Apr 15, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, On Base
Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) have reintroduced a bill that would designate PFAS as hazardous substances and force government cleanup of PFAS-contaminated sites. The bill is identical to language the House has passed before, but its backers...
by ADC | Apr 15, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Marines and sailors at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California are working on engineering projects on Catalina Island in partnership with the Catalina Island Conservatory, according to a DOD story, which quotes a spokesperson saying it is a chance “to train hard...
by ADC | Apr 12, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The state of Alaska is suing multiple PFAS manufacturers, according to the Juneau Empire…. The Naval Academy will hold its graduation and commissioning ceremony in person May 28, AP reported. The Academy had to move the event online last year…. A new partnership...
by ADC | Apr 1, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, On Base
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is asking the Department of Defense to revise its cooperative agreement with the state to reflect the state’s stricter standards for PFAS cleanup, Michigan Live reported. The state’s regulations allow for a lower level of...
by ADC | Jan 5, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, On Base
Results from Department of Defense testing for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA at seven locations at Fort Knox earlier this year found “minimal environmental contamination” at the Kentucky installation. “The test...
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by ADC | Oct 23, 2020 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, On Base
The U.S. Army unveiled plans to consolidate its munitions storage along the West Loch section of Pearl Harbor on Oahu… Fort Campbell school officials announced the closure of Barsanti Elementary School for two weeks due to COVID-19… After nearly 18 years,...
