DOD Vows To ‘Take The Heat’ Over Slow PFAS Cleanups But Eyes Advances

A top Defense Department (DOD) official is reiterating that technological capabilities will limit the pace of DOD’s cleanup of its PFAS-contaminated sites, noting he will “take the heat” from Congress and others over the fact remediation could take decades, even as he expresses some hope DOD research programs will help speed that timeline. Richard Kidd, DOD’s deputy assistant secretary for environment and energy resilience, told a Nov. 29 DOD research and development (R&D) forum that he has testified to Congress...