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The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Base Realignment and Closure Program Management Office (NAVFAC BRAC PMO) and the Air National Guard (ANG) recently announced a virtual-only meeting will be held to discuss matters of the Former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NASJRB) Willow Grove and Biddle ANG Base Restoration Advisory Board (RAB).
A virtual-only meeting will be held on Thursday, March 27, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. via Microsoft Teams.
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NAVFAC BRAC PMO and ANG will provide updates on environmental restoration activities, including actions taken for per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). The Navy will also present an update on surface water and sediment sampling in streams near the base.
Community members who are unable to attend the meeting virtually have the opportunity to provide input to the environmental restoration process by contacting the respective Navy or ANG contact listed below. Further information about the RAB meeting will be available several days before the meeting at this website.
The meeting agenda can be found here.
PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of man-made chemicals used in various products, including firefighting foam (AFFF), to resist heat, stains, grease, and water.
PFAS contamination in groundwater was discovered at the Willow Grove site in 2011 as part of ongoing environmental investigations and offsite in 2014 when public drinking water supplies were sampled for unregulated contaminants.
The use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), a firefighting foam containing PFAS, at airfields and firefighting training areas at NASJRB Willow Grove is believed to be the source of the contamination.
