US EditionAbout 22,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel Leak at Joint Base Andrews
State officials say the leak went unreported for months and ordered emergency soil sampling, monitoring wells and daily cleanup updates.
- Maryland Department of the Environment officials are investigating roughly 32,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, though the base disputes the total, claiming about 22,000 gallons spilled into Piscataway Creek.
- State regulators say the base failed to report the full extent of the discharge until April 8, despite leak detection systems failing multiple times between January and March; Joint Base Andrews attributes the 10,000-gallon gap to temperature fluctuations and a faulty valve.
- MDE ordered the base to conduct emergency soil investigations, install monitoring wells, and provide daily updates on cleanup progress, while contractors are currently on-site cleaning and the Air Force shut down the fueling system.
- Calling the contamination 'unacceptable,' Maryland Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain said the state and local community 'deserve answers and a robust response.' Authorities confirmed drinking water systems remain unaffected by the leak.
- State officials continue investigating the leak's origin and potential enforcement actions, while the faulty valve is scheduled for repair at the end of April as cleanup efforts proceed and the base remains committed to partnering with environmental agencies.
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The Southern Maryland ChronicleJoint Base Andrews investigating leak of 22,000 gallons of jet fuel into creek
The main entrance at Joint Base Andrews in a 2024 file photo. Base officials are investigating the spill of 22,000 gallons of jet fuel into Piscataway Creek. (Photo by Senior Airman Austin Pate/U.S. Air Force)By Ciara Wells State and Air Force officials are investigating a leak of thousands of gallons of fuel, sometime between January and March, into a creek on Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs. In a news release Monday, base officials said abo…
Maryland probing 32,000-gallon jet fuel leak at Joint Base Andrews
The Maryland Department of the Environment is investigating a leak of roughly 32,000 gallons of jet fuel at Joint Base Andrews, raising concerns about contamination in nearby waterways and the military base’s reporting practices. The incident has drawn heightened scrutiny because Joint Base Andrews, located in Prince George’s County, is one of the nation’s most prominent military installations and serves as the home of Air Force One. A departmen…
Environmental authorities are investigating a fuel leak that reportedly occurred at Andrews Joint Base in Maryland between January and March. In a press release issued on Monday, the air base reported that approximately 22,000 gallons of fuel spilled into Piscataway Creek and were discovered by personnel who found a “visible stain and smell of fuel” on 23 March. The base managed to contain about 10,000 gallons of fuel before it reached the strea…
Hanford Sentinel
Hastings TribuneJoint Base Andrews fuel leak pollutes Potomac River tributary, triggers state probe
BALTIMORE — Jet fuel leaks at Joint Base Andrews have spilled an estimated 32,000 gallons since the start of the year — enough to fuel a Boeing 787 — contaminating a tributary of the Potomac River and prompting a state…
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