Fairbanks International Airport received an environmental award for their leadership in PFAS mitigation strategies.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Fairbanks International Airport has been named as a recipient of the ACI-NA 2022 environmental achievement award.
“The Department of Transportation has been conducting PFAS investigations since 2017 and the first airport that we began with was at Fairbanks International Airport,” said Sammy Cummings, the PFAS Program Coordinator for the Division of Statewide Aviation, which is part of the DOT. Cummings explained that the framework used in response to the investigation was then used to create the framework for PFAS response at all airports around the state.
PFAS-containing suppressants have been in use for decades and are in widespread use due to regulations. This means that FAI and other airports in Alaska are not alone in the need to deal with these chemicals.
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