State Health Department to reject Navy’s Red Hill defueling plan
TL;DR - The state Department of Health says it will reject the Navy’s plan to defuel the Red Hill underground fuel storage tanks, citing a lack of details.
The Navy says it plans to safely remove 104 million gallons from the Red Hill tanks by the end of 2024.
But Health Department Deputy Director Kathleen Ho, who is an environmental attorney, told Hawaii News Now exclusively she can’t predict how long defueling will take or if it can be done faster.
She said that’s because the Navy’s defueling plan lacks key details on how it will be done.
July 15, 2022: State Health Department to reject Navy’s Red Hill defueling plan, Hawaiʻi News Now