| From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:03:02 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Diesel spill cleanup at Space Force site on Maui [HI] could begin this week" |
Diesel spill cleanup at Space Force site on Maui could begin this week By WYATT OLSON STARS AND STRIPES February 23, 2023 FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Cleanup of fuel-saturated ground at a mountaintop observatory on Maui could begin as soon as Thursday, the commander of U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific, which operates the site, said Wednesday. About 700 gallons of diesel fuel spilled Jan. 29 at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex atop the 10,000-foot summit of Haleakala, a dormant volcano. The spill was caused by a malfunctioning float in the fuel tank for the site’s generator that is used during power outages of the grid. The Space Force uses several telescopes in the complex to track satellites and space debris. The Department of the Air Force developed a plan to excavate, clean and return the soil in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Hawaii Department of Health — as well as several other state agencies — and local community leaders. … For the entire article, see https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-02-23/maui-hawaii-diesel-fuel-spill-9224933.html — Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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