The U.S. Army has quietly submitted a 272-page report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) which includes recommendations for both adding and eliminating certain groundwater and residential wells from the Army’s current sampling plan in and around...
The U.S. Army Environmental Command has informed the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) that it will NOT comply with the State’s enforceable groundwater standards for certain cancer-causing chemicals that have migrated to groundwater. For decades,...
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...
Please join California Communities Against Toxics and Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) in calling for a national BAN on open burning PFAS and hazardous munitions wastes. To add your GROUP to the following letter, please fill out this FORM. President Joe...
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...
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