GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SAYS SHE’S PLEASED THE AIR FORCE IS STARTING ITS CLEANUP OF THE JET FUEL SPILL AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE 6-MILLION-TO-24-MILLION GALLON JET FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED IN 1999 AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SEEPING INTO THE CITY’S GROUND WATER FOR DECADES.
WATER CONTAMINATED BY THE SPILL HAS BEEN EXTRACTED … AND THE GOVERNOR JOINED SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DEBORAH LEE JAMES AND CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO CELEBRATE IT. EXTRACTION OF THE FIRST WELL IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT ON GIBSON SOUTHEAST STARTED IN EARLY JUNE.
