[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) fuel plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA modeling suggests contaminated plume could reach Albuquerque's  
groundwater in 30 years

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press
January 13, 2014

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - It could be 30 years before a huge plume of  
contamination at Kirtland Air Force Base reaches the nearest drinking- 
water wells in New Mexico's largest city, according to a report  
released Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Federal regulators made the draft report public in response to a  
Freedom of Information Act request that was filed by the Albuquerque- 
based watchdog group Citizen Action.

The report covers a number of scenarios that were modeled in hopes of  
getting a better understanding of how the underground plume of  
spilled jet fuel is moving. While it will likely be some time before  
the contamination reaches the closest city wells, there's uncertainty  
around the speed at which it will reach a smaller well operated by  
Albuquerque's Veterans Affairs hospital.

Scott Ellinger, the report's author, said in an interview Monday that  
it would be best for city, state and base officials to control the  
plume now rather than wait.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ 
3c19cffcf44d42fa8f8eab5a27ae0f35/NM--Kirtland-Jet-Fuel-Spill

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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