Another 153 pipeline repairs needed before Red Hill defueling, Defense Department says

TL;DR - A new military assessment has identified 153 repairs that need to be made to the pipelines at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility in order to safely defuel it. That’s on top of 43 critical repairs identified five months ago by Simpson, Gumpertz &Heger, a third-party contractor, only five of which have since been completed.

The newly identified repairs are estimated to take nearly a year to complete, but the Department of Defense says they shouldn’t extend its proposed timeline for draining the underground tanks, which is slated for completion in July 2024.

The repairs were discussed in a supplementary report that the DOD submitted Wednesday to the state Department of Health as part of the Navy’s Red Hill defueling plan.

September 30, 2022: Another 153 pipeline repairs needed before Red Hill defueling, Defense Department says, Honolulu Star-Advertiser