the Air Force Research Lab as well as the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) of North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Rome Location. At its peak, the base was the largest employer in Oneida County, New York. Griffiss was the site of the Woodstock 1999 Environmental contamination The base was designated a superfund site in 1984. Solvents, lead and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) had been disposed in landfills and dry wells. This contaminated Three Mile Creek and Sixmile Creek, and ground water beneath portions of the base, and led to accumulation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Leaking underground storage tanks and soil contamination were dug out. People affected by contaminated well water received bottled water until, in 1991, everyone was connected to the municipal water supply. By 2013, 27 of the 31 "areas of concern" identified in 1995 had been cleaned up or addressed otherwise, and did not need "further action" per EPA. Redevelopment The base closure on 30 September 1995 meant that 5,000 jobs or 30 percent of the city's economic base were lost. The population decreased by almost 10,000, from 44,350 in 1990 to 34,950 in 2000. The Air Force Research Laboratory had not been closed, and became core of the redevelopment plan, of making it part of a corporate business and to build a technology park around it. In 2004, a new $24 million facility opened. Major commands USAAF Materiel Div, 1 February 1942 (rdsgd Materiel Comd, 16 March 1942) USAAF Materiel and Services, 17 July 1944 (rdsgd AAF Technical Service Comd, 31 August 1944 Air Technical Service Command, 1 July 1945 Air Materiel Command, 9 March 1946) Air Research and Development Command, 2 April 1951 Air Materiel Command, 1 July 1954 Redesignated: Air Force Logistics Command, 1 April 1961 Strategic Air Command, 1 July 1970 – 1 June 1992 Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 – 30 September 1995 Air Force Materiel Command, 1 October 1995–present Major units assigned Rome Air Depot, 1 February 1942 – 3 January 1955 Rome Air Material Area, 1 February 1943 – 25 June 1947 4104th Army Air Force Base Unit, 1 April 1944 – 15 April 1945 65th Reconnaissance Group, 27 December 1946 – 27 June 1949 1st Fighter-Interceptor Group, 15 August 1950 – 3 June 1951 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 15 August – 21 October 1950 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 15 August 1950 –