[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Honolulu [HI] committee rejects Navy’s fuel tank upgrade proposal"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Honolulu committee rejects Navy’s fuel tank upgrade proposal

Associated Press
October 25, 2019

HONOLULU — A Honolulu City Council committee passed a resolution asking regulators to reject a U.S. Navy proposal to upgrade a fuel storage facility, officials said.

The committee voted unanimously Wednesday to reject the Navy’s plan to pursue tank upgrades at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reportedThursday.

The Navy's Sept. 9 tank upgrade proposal has not yet received approval from the Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Health, officials said.

The resolution passed by the public infrastructure, technology and sustainability committee seeks secondary containment tank upgrades.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/10/25/honolulu-committee-rejects-navys-fuel-tank-upgrade-proposal/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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