Merrimac Township, WI – The U.S. Army has identified a landfill at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant as a likely source of PFAS contamination detected in groundwater in the rural Town of Merrimac. Landfill 3646 received soil from the firefighting training...
Environmental and public health groups are attacking EPA’s proposed rule on open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) of waste munitions, saying that if the agency will not back their long-running calls for a total ban on the practice it must at least strengthen elements...
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the deadline for public comment another 30 days – the NEW deadline for comment on the proposed federal rule is June 20, 2024. Military bases and private facilities across the country release harmful pollutants...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting public comment on proposed regulations that will allow for the open burning and detonation (OB/OD) of waste explosives. In communities across America, open burning and detonation of energetic hazardous waste...
The Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA and the private sector currently operate more than 60 open burn pits across the U.S. and its territories – causing the uncontrolled release of PFAS and other toxic chemicals to the environment. A new federal...
“For two decades CSWAB has not only been an effective guardian of the environment around the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, but it has been in the forefront of national issues such as the burning of buildings and the establishment of standards for explosive compounds.”
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
