A November leak at the fuel-storage facility contaminated drinking water, forcing more than 3,000 military families to leave their homes for temporary accommodation.
More than a dozen people claiming they were injured by petroleum contamination in the Navy’s water system in Hawaii filed claims with the service Tuesday seeking compensation, their attorneys said a news release that day.
HONOLULU (AP) Attorneys for the U.S. Navy on Wednesday appealed Hawaii's order that it drain massive tanks that store fuel in the hills above Pearl Harbor, saying the state wrongly concluded the tanks posed an imminent threat that requires immediate action.