[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field, Carteret County, NC

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy & Marine Corps hold open house in Atlantic for water testing
WITN (NC)
November 8, 2017

CARTERET COUNTY, NC (WITN) The Navy and Marine Corps are taking precautionary measures and offering to test private drinking water wells near the Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field in Carteret County.

The Navy is making sure water supplies were not contaminated after past firefighting operations near the landing field in Atlantic. 

In a public meeting Wednesday, officials explained the sampling process and answered questions from the public about the specific chemicals they're looking for.

Officials with the Navy say these chemicals are used in many things but in the Navy they were used in firefighting foam. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.witn.com/content/news/Navy--Marine-Corps-hold-open-house-in-Atlantic-for-water-testing-456245413.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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