A few weeks after initial contact from the base, testing determined PFOA and PFOS at more than 23 times and nine times advisory levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency. He did not consider water supply contamination until he received a letter in August 2018 from CAFB. The chemicals, the claim said, do not break down in the environment and in the case of Highland Dairy contaminated the water supply used for nearly 7,000 cattle.Īrt Schaap, according to the claim, noticed his cattle were each producing less milk to the tune of $1 million in annual losses. The complaint alleges the Air Force used harmful chemicals in its firefighting foam for decades, failed to notify Highland of the contamination and only provided clean water for human consumption while not considering water for animal or agricultural consumption. The dairy has also filed suit against manufacturers and suppliers of PFOS. The claim requests a jury trial in New Mexico and seeks damages to be determined at trial covering the repair or restoration of property, the cattle, the filtration system. Highland claims negligence, nuisance, trespass and failure to warn by the defendants.
The court is also handling various suits regarding perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Air Force.Īrt and Renee Schaap, doing business as Highland Dairy of Clovis, filed the claim Thursday in U.S. A family dairy battling contaminated groundwater adjacent to Cannon Air Force Base has filed a complaint against the United States, the U.S.
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