Moffett Naval Air Station in California is a 1,500-acre site located in Moffett Field, California. Moffett Field is located 35 miles south of San Francisco and approximately 1 mile south of San Francisco Bay in Santa Clara County, California. It was purchased in 1931 for one dollar, according to records, and was commissioned in 1933 as a naval air station to support a “lighter-than-air” (LTA) program (“Moffett Federal Airfield” – GlobalSecurity.org 2012). In 1991, Moffett Field was recommended for closure under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.
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The following is an anonymous op-ed commentary received from a former EPA official. If…
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The former Adak Naval Air Facility occupies approximately 76,800 acres on Adak Island and is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. In 1994 the base was added to the National Priority List of contaminated sites, under the terms of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The air station’s military mission ended on March 31, 1997, and the base was closed that year under the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC).
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Chanute AFB is back in the news this week. According to the latest report, officials have publicly stated that “it is known that chemical warfare training took place” on the base. They are now planning various searches and testing for leftover storage containers and will determine if any groundwater contamination occurred as a result.
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As you continue to familiarize yourself with contamination at bases across the country, you’ll begin to uncover the complexities involved in fighting for accountability in the courts. Specifically, the Camp Lejeune water contamination legal case involves several angles to consider and the legalese can get confusing. In this brief article, we wanted to shed some light on the legal issues and laws involved as well as put together the bigger picture in a digestible way.