Hawaiʻi official agrees Navy must remove fuel from Red Hill tanks
By Scott Kim, Associated Press, Zoe Dym
Hawaii Public Radio
December 28, 2021
Calling the Red Hill fuel storage facility “a metaphorical ticking timebomb,” a state hearings officer recommended Monday that the Navy should comply with the state order that, among other things, requires the removal of millions of gallons of fuel from its tanks.
David Day led two days of hearings for the Hawaiʻi Department of Health last week before making his recommendation. The Navy had appealed an earlier order from Gov. David Ige to defuel the tanks.
“The evidence shows that the Red Hill Facility is simply too old, too poorly designed, too difficult to maintain, too difficult to inspect, along with being too large to prevent future releases,” wrote Day in his recommendation.
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For the entire story, see
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2021-12-28/hawaii-health-official-agrees-navy-must-remove-fuel-from-red-hill-tanks
See also https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/more-time-needed-to-remove-jet-fuel-from-pearl-harbor-drinking-water-says-navy
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