A local former military base is among hundreds being checked out by the federal government to see whether there has been groundwater contamination.
The military is checking whether chemicals from firefighting foam might have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide and potentially tainted drinking water.
The Department of Defense told the Associated Pressthat the checks will be carried out at 664 sites where the military has conducted fire or crash training.
One of those sites is the Seneca Army Depot, which closed in 1995. Much of the land there was deeded to the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency.
The Depot remains a federal Superfund site, and an official the Seneca County IDA recently told WXXI News that the Army is still responsible for future environmental remediation linked to the military.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the site’s long-term cleanup is ongoing and it is expected to be completed in 2017.
