The New Mexico Environment Department has fined Cannon Air Force Base $98,780 and threatens to revoke the installation's state operating permit over a 2024 spill of water tainted with toxic "forever chemicals." The state discovered in July more than 7,000 gallons of wastewater contaminated with PFAS from firefighting foam had leaked from a damaged retention pond. More than a dozen tears were found in the pond's liner, according to the Environment Department.