[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Defense Department Seeks $1 Billion To Cover Red Hill [HI] Expenses"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Defense Department Seeks $1 Billion To Cover Red Hill Expenses
The budget proposal “signals the administration’s support of our efforts to safely defuel and shut down Red Hill,” U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz said.

By Christina Jedra   
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
March 28, 2022
 
   
The Biden administration is asking Congress for $1 billion to respond to the fuel contamination crisis on Oahu.

The money is intended to create a new Red Hill Recovery Fund that will enable the Department of Defense to “quickly and flexibly address the health, environmental, and national security needs of the Hawaii community and the Department,” according to a DOD announcement released on Monday.

The official budget request states the money will be “available to the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of conducting activities taken to comply with State of Hawaii Department of Health laws or otherwise determined to be appropriate, including activities relating to improvements of infrastructure and defueling, at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/defense-department-seeks-1-billion-to-cover-red-hill-expenses/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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