Schumer says Defense and Air Force must release their Stewart PFOS investigation report

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department and US Air Force should immediately release the site investigation report about the issue of PFOS contamination at the Stewart Air National Guard Base, US Senator Charles Schumer said Thursday.
In a letter to Secretary Wilson, Schumer expressed “significant frustration at the pace of clean up; and lack of clear communication and coordination with impacted communities.”
The senator said the DOD and Air Force “drag their feet, missing clean-up deadlines and not keeping communities impacted by the toxic PFOS pollution at Stewart Air National Guard Base properly informed.”
He said Newburgh residents “need and deserve clean water; and every day the DOD and Air Force delay release of the site investigation report and execution of a clean-up plan, and implementation of no-brainer interim remediation measures, is another day that allows the toxic PFOA pollution to spread and to threaten public health and local drinking water supplies.”