A Partnership for Success: An Update to the Kirtland AFB Bulk Fuels Facility Cleanup

Published: Feb. 16, 2017, 11:04 a.m.

In November 1999, the Air Force detected evidence of a fuel leak in an underground pipeline at the Bulk Fuels Facility on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Now, through a unique partnership between the Air Force, regulators, and the Albuquerque community, significant progress is being made to clean up the fuel plume.