[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Navy confirms 1, 000-gallon fuel release at Red Hill" (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy confirms 1,000-gallon fuel release at Red Hill

By William Cole 
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI)
May 7, 2021 

The Navy has confirmed that an approximately 1,000-gallon fuel leak was detected Thursday at the troubled Red Hill fuel farm, a World War II-era facility that came under criticism following a 27,000-gallon fuel release in 2014.

Navy Region Hawaii said in an email Friday that “personnel responded to and contained a reported fuel release, initially assessed at approximately 1,000 gallons, from a pipeline at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Thursday night. As designed, the fuel release went into a containment system in the tunnel where the pipeline is located, and the fuel was recovered. There appears to be no release into the environment.”

The Navy said it is investigating the cause of the release and “is fully committed to environmental stewardship and continues to work closely with federal and state agencies,” including the state Department of Health and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “to protect the environment as we operate the Red Hill facility.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/05/07/breaking-news/navy-confirms-1000-gallon-fuel-release-at-red-hill/


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Lenny Siegel
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