[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Martinsburg [WV] to pursue federal lawsuit for water contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Martinsburg to pursue federal lawsuit for water contamination


by JIM MCCONVILLE
Martinsburg Journal (WV)
August 2, 2018

MARTINSBURG - The city of Martinsburg will still pursue its lawsuit against the Air National Guard to recoup the $4.5 million it spent to rebuild the Big Springs Water Filtration plant last year. 

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R- W.Va., in June helped craft a bill that would have opened the door for Martinsburg to receive federal money for costs to rebuild the Big Springs Water plant, which was shut down in 2016 when high levels of the chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS, were found in thewater.

Capito had added language to the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize the Department of Defense to pay for cleanup costs related to the contamination of Martinsburg’s water supply.


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For the entire article, wee
http://www.journal-news.net/news/local-news/2018/08/martinsburg-to-pursue-federal-lawsuit-for-water-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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