[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Navy commander relieved of duties due to recent Red Hill [HI] leak"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy commander relieved of duties due to recent Red Hill leak

By Sophia McCullough, Catherine Cruz
Hawaii Public Radio 
April 5, 2022

The U.S. Navy has relieved the commanding officer of the Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center for Pearl Harbor in the wake of a fuel leak last week at the Red Hill fuel storage facility.

The Navy said Capt. Albert Lee Hornyak was removed Monday "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to perform his duties following a series of leadership and oversight failures at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility."

"This relief was specifically due to a lack of procedural compliance during a recent dewatering event inside of Red Hill, and not due to any previous incidents," said NAVSUP Director of Corporate Communication Richard Spiegel.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2022-04-05/navy-commander-relieved-of-duties-due-to-red-hill-water-crisis

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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