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EPA orders military to clean up Tucson water. June 14, 2024; News; A water storage tank sits on the outskirts of Sierra Vista, Ariz. High concentrations of PFAS were detected in groundwater for ...
PHOENIX — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the U.S. Air Force and Arizona National Guard take action as concentrations of toxic "forever chemicals" are increasing in the ...
To prevent further contamination, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave the Air Force and the Air National Guard 60 days to develop a remediation plan.
Tucson officials hope newly announced federal health guidelines for levels of PFAS contamination in drinking water will speed the flow of federal money to this area ...
Tucson wants the EPA to let it off the legal hook for ... even heard of — to a 1988 consent order that the city and EPA signed ... and clean up groundwater contamination at the ...
In April the EPA established new, legally enforceable limits for PFAS contamination in drinking water. It also set aside another $1 billion to help local governments with cleanup.
TUCSON ⁠— Linda Shosie drove down the streets of southside Tucson pointing out, across several blocks, what she’s determined are “clusters” of disease. Knocking door-to-door, through ...
The Tucson area is receiving $12,000,000 from the new fund EPA has set aside to clean up PFAS contamination. That's on top of another 30 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021.