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Public Affairs Office
Naval Submarine Base New London
Box 44
Groton, CT 06349
Phone: 860-694-5980
E-mail: paosubasenlon@navy.mil

PFAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INFORMATION

August 2020

PFAS are a family of thousands of different chemicals which have been widely used in industrial and consumer products since the 1950s. The Navy developed a proactive policy to address past releases of PFAS at installations nationwide, as several PFAS are now of emerging public health concern. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a lifetime health advisory for two commonly used and studied PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). The EPA’s lifetime health advisories are non‐enforceable and non‐regulatory and are established to provide people, including the most sensitive populations, with a margin of protection from a lifetime exposure to PFOS and PFOA from drinking water.

The most common Navy activity that could have resulted in the historical release of PFOA, PFOS, and other PFAS to the environment is the use of firefighting foam (specifically aqueous film forming foam or AFFF) for testing, training, firefighting, and other life-saving emergency responses.

In response to the EPA’s lifetime health advisory, the Department of the Navy is implementing a comprehensive strategy to manage and address PFOS and PFOA in the following areas:

· Drinking Water on Navy Installations

· Impacted public and private drinking water off installation

· Conducting assessments and investigations to develop cleanup plans

· Replacing Fire Fighting Foam containing PFOS and PFOA

For more information concerning the Navy’s protective policy please visit: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/eie/Pages/pfc-pfas.aspx

For more information concerning the Navy’s PFAS investigations at SUBASE New London please visit: https://go.usa.gov/xVCV9

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