[Military Environmental Forum] FUEL: Joint Base "Andrews jet fuel leak continues to contaminate Maryland creek"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Andrews jet fuel leak continues to contaminate Maryland creek

by Timothy B. Wheeler
Bay Journal (D)
October 30, 2026

Seven months after jet fuel leaked into Piscataway Creek from Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs, MD, the U.S. Air Force has yet to find and fix the leak and begin cleaning up the lingering contamination, according to state environmental regulators.

The sprawling air base near the District of Columbia reported the loss of at least 22,000 gallons of the toxic liquid on March 23, discovered after a passerby smelled fuel and spotted an oily sheen on the creek. The headwaters of the Potomac River tributary are inside the facility’s fenceline.

The Air Force is working closely with the Maryland Department of the Environment to address the fuel release and comply with state regulatory requirements, according to Lt. Col. Katrina J. Cheesman, spokesperson for the 316th Air Force Wing, which oversees the base’s environmental compliance efforts. A

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For the entire article, see
https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/andrews-jet-fuel-leak-continues-to-contaminate-maryland-creek/article_c2792086-82a5-4432-9108-d665e53d2726.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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http://www.cpeo.org
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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