Spokane International Airport PFAS legal order: Comment period 3/29-5/27/24

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Comment From: City of Airway Heights (Albert Tripp)

5/27/24 @ 5:46 PM

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

5/27/24 @ 1:55 PM

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Comment From: Alexandra Biggs

5/25/24 @ 12:30 PM

I am concerned about the monitoring and well tests at this time. I would like to know that there would be an independent licensed company doing the tests sampling and that being monitored and available to all the public with the results. I don't beli...↓

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Comment From: West Plains Water Coalition (John Hancock)

5/22/24 @ 9:53 AM

We encourage the intake and qualification of every PFAS sampling result performed by an accredited lab. Surely this will allow the airport investigation to progress more quickly, thoroughly, and constructively. No matter the age or intent or locati...↓

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Comment From: Mary Benham

5/21/24 @ 10:42 AM

1. How will the (Deliverables) Actions-- task compliance-- required of the PLP (SIA) be made public? Will there be quarterly reports sent via email to the community? Will there be quarterly meetings to explain compliance and progress? The public ...↓

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Comment From: M Vern Brock

5/20/24 @ 7:44 PM

Officials of the county and the airport conspired to hide relevant information on contamination of the aquifer from the well owners on the west plains. They compounded that by blocking testing which would have revealed the extent of contamination. Th...↓

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Comment From: Christian Westbrook

5/20/24 @ 6:55 PM

After discovering that the water we have been drinking for decades is contaminated, many times over the established limits, we hope that the Polluters are made public and that they will address this problem in a public forum. We will need assistance ...↓

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Comment From: John Hancock

5/20/24 @ 11:27 AM

Now that SIA is collaborating,
• Ecology should require SIA to participate in public relations about the project, directly, not through its engineers.
• Ecology should require the Airport Board to treat this in public sessions, not Executive. This i...↓

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Comment From: Jared Atwood

5/18/24 @ 8:09 PM

As a concerned citizen of the neighboring community of the Spokane International Airport I am taking this opportunity to submit my comment concerning the contamination to the water we used for drinking, eating, watering our vegetables, fruits and giv...↓ing to our animals. I am very upset with the negligence of the airport hierarchy for not sharing this information with the public when the issue was found. It is unfortunate that a concerned citizen had to ask for a public record of the water samples and pass them on to the Department of Ecology, only then was the public made aware of the toxic levels of PFAS and other chemical contaminants in our private wells. One of the things that upsets me the most, is that the airport knew in 2017 that they had contaminated the water in the west plains. My daughter was born in 2016 and could have avoided a lifetime of toxic levels of exposure by simple honesty and transparency from city and county officials that knew the results of the test. For the past 42 years I have been exposed to toxic levels of the contaminants from either the airport or the airbase. The damage done to me is what it is. Could it have been avoided? Maybe. But the exposure to my family could have been minimal if not for the negligence of greedy public officials and airport management who were trying to make a profit from keeping this whole thing quiet and not letting the public know their dirty little secret. For this, these officials need to be held accountable. In my opinion, there are a few different issues here. Who is responsible for the contamination of the water in the west plains and who will be accountable for the cleanup response? The airport and the air base are also 2 different parties who have to share in their responsibility for this mess. But at least FAFB was upfront in letting the cat out of the bag of the contamination they caused. The attempted cover up by SIA is completely unacceptable. You have knowingly put public health in jeopardy. I don't know how this cannot be an issue that just isn't discussed with some passion. SIA is owned and operated by the city and county of spokane. Why would they not share the information when it was found? What did they have to gain by not disclosing the information? Why in good conscience would they keep this information private and keep allowing people like my little girl to continue to be exposed to this poison? I deserve answers to these questions. The people and families of this community deserve answers. I look forward to attending every meeting and pursuing a proper resolution to this problem.

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Comment From: Spokane Riverkeeper (Katelyn Scott)

5/16/24 @ 1:56 PM

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Comment From: Scott Holbrook

5/13/24 @ 11:46 AM

1) Did the study tell us exactly how the contaminate got into the ground and aquifers? If so we need to focus first on stopping any and all activity that puts these chemicals in the ground water. Once the input has stopped the remediation plan can be...↓

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Comment From: Deep Creek Ranchette's Water A... (Jerry Goertz)

5/07/24 @ 8:42 AM

As President of a small Class A water system serving 49 homes on the West Plains I have been very concerned about the PFOA-AFFF contamination first at Fairchild AFB and now from Spokane International Airport (SIA). I remember back in 2017 I was told...↓

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Comment From: John Hancock

5/07/24 @ 7:17 AM

You've done a fine job of opening this issue to public awareness.

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Comment From: Mary Benham

5/06/24 @ 8:30 PM

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Comment From: Douglas and Mary McBride

5/06/24 @ 8:30 PM

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Comment From: James Hendricks

5/06/24 @ 1:23 PM

We have concerns how long before we see clean water at our house. Our results were horrible. Out of the six test we showed positive for five. Three of them above the action level, 360,79,400. Three wells on our road were ok (N. Old Trails RD). We hav...↓

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Comment From: Debra Gronning

4/28/24 @ 10:41 AM

I live near Finch arboretum but have property with a well about five miles south of I-90. I understand that the aquapher flows North to Northeast but that doesn't necessarily mean that the wells South of I-90 are unaffected. If we find that wells Sou...↓

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Comment From: David Snipes

4/26/24 @ 9:34 AM

I have an additional concern other than my earlier comment. The spring on my property is the source for Garden Springs Creek. I wonder what the PFAS will do to the endangered Red Band Trout population in the Finch Arboretum. These fish have been isol...↓

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Comment From: Bill Gray

4/20/24 @ 3:43 PM

Your map on page 3 of the mailer is nice, but without a color index is useless. What does the shaded color mean?

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Comment From: John Oswald

4/16/24 @ 2:43 PM

My concern is watering my farm animals, feeding the cattle the hay off irrigated pasture and grazing pasture. Eating chicken eggs and garden produce. All this comes directly from the private well. A filter at the kitchen sink works for humans, but no...↓

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Comment From: Faith Moeser

4/06/24 @ 11:40 AM

Hello,

I would like to propose a cleanup possibility for the PFA’s contamination. I am in the Soil Food Web School and have been in contact with Adam Swan. He has worked on compost piles with DNA testing of the microorganisms. Through his process, he...↓

With his help, I have a proposed idea. The compost that I make with the guidelines of the Soil Food Web School is called biocomplete compost. This means it meets biological minimums of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, etc. which I confirm by using a microscope. A known amount of contaminated soil will be mixed in with a parent compost pile in equal proportions. Then it is tested for PFA’s. After that, it is composted in a thermophilic fashion. As it is maturing, it will periodically be tested for PFA’s. There will need to be three separate piles for better data, and they have to be covered to prevent the PFA’s from leeching out. From these piles we will have biology that will break down PFA’s. I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Thank you for your time

Faith Moeser

Attached is an article on biology breaking down PFA’s that was put into the water: Scientists Identify Bacteria That Can Break Down 'Forever Chemicals' e360.yale.edu↓

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Comment From: Crystal A. Bingham

4/04/24 @ 10:46 AM

Thank you for the department's diligence to ensure SIA does right to protect our water and our health! French is well known for NOT looking out for the interests of the citizens who elected him to serve.
Look forward to the meeting.

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Comment From: Charles (Chuck) Danner

4/03/24 @ 8:34 AM

I'd like to express concerns of mine as part of the "Public Comment" process for the SIA Investigation and the "Interim Actions" that might be appropriate.

I've been injured by PFAS contamination (from fire fighting foam) in my well water, as well a...↓

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Comment From: Nick Scharff

4/02/24 @ 10:19 PM

I suspect some of this is buried in the enforcement order ,just not clear to me .
*the document references "the site" , I want to make sure included are any and all parcels of land that in my opinion are off site ,but are affected parties with above ...↓

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Comment From: David Snipes

4/01/24 @ 11:27 AM

In addition to testing the wells, please look into the pond at the northeast end of the main runway. These ponds collect the run off from the main runway and taxiways. Nothing seems to grown there.

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