by ADC | Oct 24, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, DC360, On Base
Several defense communities are included on a list of 38 water infrastructure projects eligible for a new round of Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans from the Environment Protection Agency. The loans will help improve water quality for up to...
by ADC | Oct 9, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
An innovative Interior Alaska incinerator permitted for destroying per- and polyfluoralkyl chemicals (PFAS) is being closely monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its success cleaning toxic soil, Fairbanks’ KTUU-TV reported Tuesday. The NRC Alaska...
by ADC | Apr 8, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, DC360, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Robins Air Force Base, Macon-Bibb County and Central Georgia Technical College announced a new aviation program partnership Friday, Macon.com reported. It will create a workforce pipeline with CGTC students getting hands-on training with the Air Force’s 402nd...
by ADC | Apr 3, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Des Moines Water Works plans more testing for PFAS pollutants at the Iowa Air National Guard base after levels 200 times the federal governments health advisory were detected, according to a report by Iowa Public Radio. Water Works officials don’t think PFAS are...
by ADC | Apr 1, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Recent natural disasters and damage from extreme weather events are increasingly challenging DOD leaders to address long-term issues of installation resiliency, according to a DefenseOne Radio report. “California wildfires led to the evacuation of family housing at...
by ADC | Mar 28, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Leaders from the Pentagon and the Environmental Protection Agency reassured lawmakers Thursday that their agencies are doing everything they can to address PFAS-contaminated water. DOD is maintaining the appropriate levels of the chemicals in on-base drinking water...
by ADC | Mar 28, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Pentagon has updated its list of top military installations at the most risk from extreme weather events over the next 20 years. DOD sent the list in a letter last week to Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), who chairs the House Armed Services subcommittee on...
by ADC | Mar 28, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, DC360, On Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., will be the first operational home of the B-21 Raider bomber and its training unit when they are ready in “the mid-2020s,” the Air Force announced in a news release. Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, will...
by ADC | Mar 27, 2019 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Senate Republican appropriators included $2 billion in a proposed disaster aid package for the military to rebuild from severe hurricane damage last fall. The overall relief package for $13.45 billion is in limbo after President Trump questioned the funding it...
