[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Schumer calls for expedited probe of contaminated Newburgh [NY] water supply"

[Lenny Siegel]

Schumer calls for expedited probe of contaminated Newburgh water supply

By Leonard Sparks
Times Herald-Record (NY)
July 19. 2016

CITY OF NEWBURGH – Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the Air National Guard to expedite its probe of Stewart Air National Guard Base’s role in the contamination behind the closure of the City of Newburgh’s main water supply.

In a July 8 letter to Mayor Judy Kennedy, Col. Keith McDonald, the Air Force’s director of logistics and installations, said groundwater and soil at 13 locations on the base will be investigated for the presence of perfluorinated chemicals beginning this fall.

Perfluorinated chemicals include perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, whose high levels spurred the closure of Washington Lake on May 2 and Newburgh's eventual transition to buying water from New York City's Catskill Aqueduct.

On Tuesday, Schumer urged Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, to accelerate the military’s investigation, describing the fall start as “concerning.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.recordonline.com/article/20160719/NEWS/160719435

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Lenny Siegel
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