Private Madison well highly PFAS contaminated; Dane County’s Truax Field is the likely source
In fall 2021, a colleague noticed this letter on the DNR’s BRRTS website, from the DNR to residents of a…
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Broken News!! Alarming PFAS hotspot at Truax base not included in Breaking News…
My last post, Breaking News! Starkweather Creek is as stagnant and PFAS-poisoned as ever!, neglected to mention the most alarming…
The Cold War in Madison: Nuclear missiles assembled and stored at Truax Field
[Above: Former nuclear rocket bunkers at Bridges Golf Course, Sept. 27, 2021] ******************** This article is also posted on Historic…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Dane County Regional Airport
Environmental destruction
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Dane County attorney assures supervisors that PFAS at Truax Field is under control
Above, Amy Tutwiler, attorney with Dane County Corporation Counsel Last week Abigail Becker of the Cap Times reported on the…
Dane County Regional Airport
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Water Pollution
How much PFAS is oozing down Starkweather Creek from Dane County Regional Airport & Truax base??
Starkweather Creek flowing through the Darbo Worthington neighborhood, about a mile south of the airport and military base. See readable…
People Speak Out – No F35s at Truax Monday, September 23, 2019
People Speak Out – No F35s at Truax Monday, September 23, 2019 Community Speak Out 6:30-8:00pm (doors open at 6)…
Support the Madison City Council Resolution to oppose the F-35s at Truax
Tuesday, Sept. 17 the City Council will be considering Madison City Council resolution opposing F-35s Truax File # 57364v2. Write…
Truax Apartment residents on F-35s
On Saturday, September 14, Maria Powell (MEJO’s Executive Director) went door-to-door talking to Truax Apartments residents about what they think…
Air National Guard
Environmental Justice
F-35
Fighter jets
PFCs or PFAS
Racism
Starkweather Creek
stormwater runoff
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Water Pollution
MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong, Truax Apartment resident, testifies against proposed F-35s
Touyeng Xiong, MEJO’s Vice President, testifying before the Sept. 12, 2019 U.S. Air Force meeting about the proposed F-35 fighter…
Air National Guard
Department of Defense
Environmental Justice
EPA
F-35
Fighter jets
PCBs
Pentagon
PFCs or PFAS
Public Participation
Racism
Risk Assessment
Starkweather Creek
Starkweather EJ Project
stormwater runoff
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Water Pollution
Truax ANG to weaponize base ahead of F-35 deployment
Public engagement tokenized, environmental justice ignored According to an April 2019 Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), Truax Air National Guard is…
Truax Air National Guard IRP Documents
1995.10.26.CEVRDM-#74363-v1-Letter_from_WDNR_to_WI_ANG_Confirming_Discussions_at_the_October_16__1995_Meeting_Regarding_Remediation_~1 1995.10.18.CEVRDM-#74352-v1-Meeting_Minutes_from_the_Regulatory_Meeting_on_October_16__1995_to_Discuss_Remedial_Actions_at_Site_4_(U~1 1995.10.18.CEVRDM-#74352-v1-Meeting_Minutes_from_the_Regulatory_Meeting_on_October_16__1995_to_Discuss_Remedial_Actions_at_Site_4_(U~1 1995.9.12.CEVRDM-#74341-v1-Letter_from_WDNR_to_ANGRC_CEVR_Requesting_Active_Remediation_at_Petroleum_Contaminated_Area_Southwest_of~1 1994.9.CEVRDM-#68509-v1-Management_Action_Plan_ 1994.7.CEVRDM-#85769-v1-Final_Site_Assessment_Report_for_Hangar_414_Expansion_Area 1994.4.5.CEVRDM-#74327-v1-Letter_Report_from_Nine_Springs_Environmental_to_WDNR_Providing_a_Remedial_Action_Summary_Report_and_Req~1 1992.11.2.CEVRDM-#42623-v1-Final_Remedial_Action_Plan_for_Soils_Remediation 1992.7.29.CEVRDM-#85772-v1-Final_Report_of_Subsurface_Investigation 1991.11.2.CEVRDM-#42618-v1-Final_Site_Assessment_Report-Volume_1 1991.11.2.CEVRDM-#42618-v1-Final_Site_Assessment_Report-Volume_1 1990.11.29.CEVRDM-#74074-v1-Comments_from_WDNR_to_WI_ANG_on_Site_Investigation_Report_ 1990.9.26.CEVRDM-#35330-v1-Final_Site_Investigation_Report 1990.6.4.CEVRDM-#74070-v1-Letter_from_TAG_Wisconsin_to_LaFollette_and_Sinykon__Dane_County_and_City_of_Madison_Regarding_Request_f~1 1988.8.CEVRDM-#42617-v1-Final_Preliminary_Assessment_Report 1987.12.8.CEVRDM-#74040-v1-Memo_from_ANGSC_DEV_to_TAG_Wisconsin_Regarding_Initiation_of_Preliminary_Assessment_and_Request_for_Assi~1
Community engagement
Dane County
Environmental Justice
Madison Water Utility
PFCs or PFAS
Toxic Chemicals
Truax Contaminants May Be Affecting Madison Drinking Water–CSWAB ACTION ALERT
By Laura Olah, Executive Director of Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger. The Madison Water Utility has reported that Truax…
Madison Alders Submit Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for F35s at Truax Field
At the invitation of the National Guard Bureau, a group of Madison alders submitted requested comments on May 21 for…
Air National Guard
Environmental Justice
EPA
PFCs or PFAS
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Water Pollution
Wisconsin DNR
Truax Field PFC (PFAS) Contamination 569 Times Over EPA Health Advisory Level; Madison Drinking Water Contaminated?
Last week the Wisconsin DNR released documents pertaining to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs)—also commonly called poly- or per-fluoroalkyl substances or PFAS—at…