Santa Maria Airport taking part in “Clean Airport Agenda”

SANTA MARIA, Calif.- Congressman Salud Carbajal was in Santa Maria to discuss the Clean Airport Agenda which helps to curb the threat of airborne chemicals.

The newly passed agenda was written by Carbajal and it brings grant support to airports as they replace fire-fighting foam that contains PFAS.

Airport crews say they are happy to join in on the reduction of these “forever chemicals."

"Especially here and places like Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, to help pay for the mitigation and the cleaning of PFAS affected areas and PFAS equipment," said Ignacio Moreno.

Carbajal says small airports have limited resources making this grant-funding extra valuable to the Santa Maria Valley.