DOH to decide if BWS, Sierra Club can participate in Red Hill contested case hearing

TL;DR - A Hawaii Department of Health hearings officer gave the Navy until Dec. 17 to provide reasons why neither the Sierra Club nor the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) should intervene in the contested case hearing about the Red Hill Fuel Facility.

According to CNN reporting, Navy officials argued that putting the storage facility out of use could affect operations at a critical time, especially as tensions rise in the Pacific with China’s rhetoric about Taiwan ramping up over the past year, said Lyle Goldstein, a Pacific Ocean maritime security and director of Asia Engagement at Defense Priorities think tank.

December 14, 2021: DOH to decide if BWS, Sierra Club can participate in Red Hill contested case hearing, KITV