PRESS RELEASE - Air Force hosts virtual public meeting for Cannon Air Base, New Mexico

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force will host a virtual public meeting March 17 at 5 p.m. to discuss its on-going actions to address two perfluorinated compounds — perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, or “PFOS/PFOA,” identified at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.

The meeting is the first of a planned series of quarterly meetings focused on the Air Force’s response to PFOS and PFOA. Air Force Civil Engineer Center environmental experts will be available to answer questions regarding these efforts. The Air Force welcomes and encourages public participation andinvolvement.

“The Air Force recognizes the concerns of the Cannon community and will use these public meetings as an opportunity to address any questions and work with the public to reach its shared goal of protecting human health and the environment,” said Christipher Gierke, Remedial Project Manager for Cannon AFB.

The virtual meeting is open to the public. Anyone who wishes to join and/or participate is required to register and download the Zoom software. To register, please visit the following link: https://zoom.us/. Once registered, follow the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7203390049and enter the Zoom meeting ID, 720 339 0049.

Zoom allows users to type their questions into a chat box. All questions will be captured and will be answered either during the meeting or in the meeting minutes.

For questions regarding the Zoom software, visit: Zoom Help Center

The Air Force also continues to assess public interest in establishing a Restoration Advisory Board, or “RAB”, at Cannon AFB. The RAB solicitation was published in the local newspaper on February 17 and will remain available for public comment until April

3. For more information regarding RABs, please go to

https://www.cannon.af.mil/Environmental/.

A RAB is a working group of local community members, the Air Force, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other State and local regulators to exchange information and discuss Air Force environmental restoration activities associated with Cannon Air Force Base. The RAB is also a forum from members of the community to provide feedback at certain points throughout the restoration process.

Please direct any questions and/or your interest in establishing a RAB to the address below:

Cannon Remedial Project Manager AFCEC/CZOW

506 N. Air Commando Way Cannon AFB, NM 88103

Email: 27SOCES.Cannon.RPM@us.af.mil

For more information on RABs visit: https://www.cannon.af.mil/environmental

For more information on Cannon AFB visit: https://www.cannon.af.mil/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CannonAirForceBase/

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cannonafb

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CannonAFB_

Contact information for 27^th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs:

Commercial: (575) 784 4131

FAX: (575) 784-7412