[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: New Mexico sues Cannon Air Force Base

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Mexico files new lawsuit against US Air Force over PFAS contamination

SOURCE NM 
JUNE 24, 2025 

The New Mexico environment and Department of Justice on Monday announced a new lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Air Force seeking redress for PFAS contamination at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis.
Specifically, as delineated in a news release, the suit aims to order the Air Force to:
    • end all use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam at Cannon for anything other than emergency purposes
    • provide water treatment systems to residents whose water has been affected by PFAS contamination
    • install drinking water lines for any willing residents currently serviced by private wells in the spill area
    • hold regular public meetings with the community
    • install stormwater controls and retention basins to prevent offsite migration of PFAS from contaminated media
    • evaluate nearby private property affected by PFAS contamination
    • compensate the owners of such property for losses resulting from PFAS contamination

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For the entire article, see
https://sourcenm.com/briefs/new-mexico-files-pfas-new-suit-against-air-force/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@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)




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