[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Diesel contamination at Tripler [Army Medical Center (HI)] well raises alarm"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Diesel contamination at Tripler well raises alarm

By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI)
May 21, 2014

The preliminary finding of high levels of diesel at a monitoring well  
at Tripler Army Medical Center is prompting new alarms from state and  
city officials.

State Deputy Health Director Gary Gill told members of the City  
Council Public Works and Sustainability Committee Wednesday that he  
was informed by the Navy last week about the new petroleum  
contaminant. The preliminary findings showed 790 and 660 micrograms  
per liter, which are above the Health Department's "environmental  
action level" of 100 micrograms per liter.

The news comes on the heels of the Jan. 13 discovery that an  
underground storage tank at nearby Red Hill leaked up to 27,000  
gallons of jet fuel. Health Department and Honolulu Board of Water  
Supply officials have said that to date, there have been no  
indication the fuel has contaminated the groundwater aquifer. The  
cause of the leak has not yet been determined.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/ 
20140521_Diesel_contamination_at_Tripler_well_raises_alarm.html

See also
http://www.kitv.com/news/navy-contaminants-found-in-ground-water- 
monitoring-well/26112876

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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