[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Madison [WI] mayor, City Council members seek funds for PFAS testing at airport training areas"

[Lenny Siegel]

Madison mayor, City Council members seek funds for PFAS testing at airport training areas

By Chris Hubbuch 
Wisconsin State Journal
November 10, 2020

More than two years after state authorities first ordered testing, Madison city leaders are seeking funds to test for pollution at firefighting training areas near the Dane County Regional Airport.

A budget amendment sponsored by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and three City Council members requests an additional $50,000 next year for PFAS “testing and planning at the Dane County Regional Airport, Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing Base, and surrounding area.”

The city, along with Dane County and the Wisconsin National Guard, is responsible for investigation and cleanup of suspected contamination at two former training areas near the airport.

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For the entire article, see
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/madison-mayor-city-council-members-seek-funds-for-pfas-testing-at-airport-training-areas/article_44183258-2992-5c40-a851-b4fabeda7f00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
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