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“Last month, Washington’s Department of Ecology signed off on an ‘initial PFAS investigation work plan’ for Spokane International Airport.
The Dec. 13 plan was written by GSI Environmental, a contractor hired by the airport to manage the investigation into the so-called ‘forever chemicals’ in the PFAS family on the airport property. For years, federal regulations required airport firefighters to train with aqueous-film-forming foam made from PFAS chemicals that can be used to fight aviation fuel fires, and for that foam to be stored at all airports. The airport first tested for PFAS on site in 2017, after nearby Fairchild Air Force Base announced the chemicals were found in wells on and around the military base due to similar use of the foam.
By Feb. 4, the airport will test for PFAS and other substances in 52 existing groundwater monitoring wells and at 57 soil sampling locations (at different depths) around the property.” …