Polluters get a free pass

[unhappycamper]

Old Kirtland spill threatens NM groundwater
By Tim Korte - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday May 30, 2010 15:11:54 EDT

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Every day, millions of gallons of jet fuel seep farther into the ground below an Albuquerque neighborhood, a slow-moving plume that already has plopped a foot of petroleum atop an underground reservoir.

The source? Leaking pipes from a 1950s-era fuel loading facility at Kirtland Air Force Base.

In recent months, New Mexico’s top environmental regulator has grown frustrated by what he claims are Air Force delays, saying it’s time to get serious about cleanup.

The spill was discovered in 1999 and the damaged pipes were removed.

While remediation efforts have continued for years, the project gained a fresh urgency in April when New Mexico Environment Department officials moved oversight of the spill from the agency’s groundwater division to the hazardous materials division.



unhappycamper comment: In other news, Congress is still trying to get information from the Marine Corps about water pollution at Camp Lejune.

[Scuba]

1. "Congress is trying to get information from the Marine Corp"

What's wrong with that statement?

[unhappycamper]

2. I know.

:shrug: