by ADC | May 25, 2023 | Congress/DoD, News from ADC, On Base, PFAS, Water
ADC and the Environmental Working Group are hosting a virtual forum to hear from DOD and EPA about PFAS cleanup efforts in military communities. “PFAS Clean-Up: How Communities Can Work with DOD and EPA” is taking place Friday at 10 a.m. The speakers are: Brendan...
by ADC | May 25, 2023 | In Our Communities, On Base, Recruitment, Water
Hawaii Public Radio reported that about 100 community members turned out for an open house that gave them “direct access to military personnel like never before to understand this chapter of Red Hill.” The military is planning for an October start date to drain the...
by ADC | May 23, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Events, News from ADC, On Base, PFAS, Water
ADC is co-hosting a virtual forum Friday for an update on PFAS contamination and federal cleanup efforts in defense communities. Speakers at “PFAS Clean-Up: How Communities Can Work with DOD and EPA” will include: Brendan Owens, assistant secretary of defense for...
by ADC | May 16, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base, PFAS, Water
The Pentagon isn’t asking Congress for enough money to address PFAS at current and former installations, meaning some sites won’t get cleaned up for 50 years, the Environmental Working Group said Monday. “The department’s funding requests keep disappointing...
by ADC | Apr 17, 2023 | Housing, In Our Communities, On Base, Water
Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Virginia agreed to pay a state fine of more than $21,000 for excessive levels of nitroglycerin, copper and lead in wastewater, The Roanoke Times reported. The plant is managed by BAE Systems Inc…. Lendlease has completed the renovation...
by ADC | Dec 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Energy, Housing, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, Water
Officials at Fort Hood, Texas have started the process of removing the name “Hood” from facilities, part of a congressional mandate for that and several other bases named after Confederate leaders, the Killeen Daily Herald reported. The installation will eventually be...
by ADC | Nov 15, 2022 | In Our Communities, On Base, Water
Hundreds of people at or near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii are still reporting health problems about a year after the Red Hill jet fuel leakage. Army Times reported on the newest survey by Hawaii state officials and the Centers for Disease Control and...
by ADC | Nov 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, In Our Communities, On Base, Russia-Ukraine, Water
The task force overseeing the defueling of the Navy’s Red Hill pipelines in Honolulu has successfully unpacked fuel from the pipelines, “a critical first step to the ultimate plan to defuel the tanks at the decades-old underground Red Hill fuel farm” near Joint Base...
by ADC | Nov 2, 2022 | Base Redevelopment, Congress/DoD, In Our Communities, On Base, Water
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday thanked soldiers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina who recently returned from a deployment to Europe…. The Navy on Tuesday sent the state of Hawaii its official plan for closing the Red Hill fuel tanks near Joint Base Pearl...
