[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "US Government Sues Hawaii Over Order To Defuel Red Hill Facility"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

US Government Sues Hawaii Over Order To Defuel Red Hill Facility
The decision to take the state to court sets up a possible showdown over the World War II-era fuel tank farm that is at the center of a water contamination crisis.

By Christina Jedra    
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
February 2, 2022
   
In two legal appeals filed on Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department argued that Hawaii can’t use the recent fuel leak at the center of a water contamination crisis as a justification to order the draining of the Navy’s World War II-era fuel facility.

It was the latest legal move in emerging tensions between the military and the state after the contamination of a Red Hill well that provides drinking water for some 93,000 people in the military community. The crisis also raised concerns about the safety of civilian water sources since they share an aquifer with the Navy.

The Hawaii Department of Health could use its emergency powers to order the Navy to take direct action to remediate a Nov. 20 leak that released 14,000 gallons of water and fuel, but ordering the shutdown of the entire facility was a step too far, the federal appeal said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/02/us-government-sues-hawaii-over-order-to-defuel-red-hill-facility/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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