Read the full article by Peter Mantius (Inside Climate News)
“The Environmental Protection Agency has formally asked the U.S. Army to sample surface water and sediment in Kendaia and Reeder creeks for PFAS chemicals that may have migrated from the former Seneca Army Depot into Seneca Lake.
‘Thus far the Army has not agreed with our request,’ the agency’s website reported on June 20.
The EPA said it urged the Army to test samples from sites where the two creeks ‘originate on the former depot, and where they exit the depot at its boundary to determine whether Army activities at the depot may have impacted the two creeks and are potential pathways of PFAS to Seneca Lake.’
Asked about the EPA website posting, James D’Ambrosio, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), said in a statement Tuesday: ‘After consultation with (the EPA), they agreed to remove this language from their website.'” …