The Department of National Defence (DND) is advancing work to address the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) near 22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base (CFB) North Bay.
In 2021, DND and the City of North Bay entered in a $20 million contribution agreement to fund PFAS remediation at the Jack Garland Airport. Today, on behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, Pauline Rochefort, Member of Parliament for Nipissing - Timiskaming and Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Rural Development), announced an amendment to the existing contribution agreement.
DND will provide an additional $100 million, for a total of approximately $120 million in funding for remediation at the Jack Garland Airport. This will be administered over a sixteen-year period and will fund 97% of the planned remediation at the Jack Garland Airport.
Parliamentary Secretary Rochefort also announced that DND and the City of North Bay have entered in another contribution agreement of up to $8.25 million for the design of treatment upgrades and support of a six-month pilot program to test PFAS treatment options at the North Bay Drinking Water Treatment plant over a two-year term. The objective of this agreement is to reduce PFAS levels in municipal drinking water.
DND will continue to work closely with the City of North Bay, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks on this issue and will provide regular updates about this work to the community.
