[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, DISPOSAL: "Defense Department hits the brakes on PFAS incineration"

[Lenny Siegel]

Defense Department hits the brakes on PFAS incineration

By E.A. Crunden
E & E News
May 4, 2022

The Pentagon has momentarily ceased incinerating items like firefighting foam that contain so-called forever chemicals as the military continues to grapple with widespread contamination.

In a recent memo, the Defense Department issued a ban on incinerating PFAS-laden items, with particular emphasis on the aqueous film-forming foam often used in training and combat situations. Under the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, the military was required to prohibit incineration of those materials beginning April 26, a moratorium now in full enforcement.

Per the legislation, the Pentagon must cease incinerating those items until it issues guidance that implements EPA’s current advice for disposing of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, along with other provisions of the NDAA.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.eenews.net/articles/defense-department-hits-the-brakes-on-pfas-incineration/

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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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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)