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A tunnel inside of the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii is shown in this undated file photo. (Shannon Haney/U.S. Navy)
HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) State environmental regulators said this week that the Navy has not proved it can safely operate its underground Red Hill fuel tanks, which in recent years have been the subject of mounting concerns over leaks and groundwater contamination.
The conclusion, submitted by the Hawaii Department of Health s Environmental Health Administration as part of a contested case hearing, raises the possibility that the state might deny the Navy a five-year permit to continue operating the facility.
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In the days after approximately 1,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked from a pipe at the Navy s Red Hill underground fuel farm on May 6, soil vapor levels indicating fuel contamination spiked well above averages, according to data released by the Hawaii Department of Health on Monday.
Committee Questions Navy Spill of Jet Fuel Near Pearl Harbor
Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Meranda Keller)
22 May 2021
HONOLULU (AP) The U.S. Navy says a jet fuel spill at its Red Hill fuel farm on Oahu caused no environmental damage and didn t pose a risk to the area s drinking water, but a committee established by the Hawaii Legislature still has questions.
Navy Capt. Gordie Meyer, commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii, told the committee Thursday that the release of about 1,000 gallons of fuel at the facility near Pearl Harbor earlier this month had been “captured and fully contained, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.
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