Editorial: Red Hill cleanup has long way to go

TL;DR - Much about the Red Hill fuel-storage facility crisis remains unresolved, with no clear disclosure of exactly how part of the Oahu water aquifer became contaminated in the first place.

That is why the state’s most recent efforts to keep the Navy on task to defuel the underground tanks are so crucial to the protection of public health.

On Friday the state Department of Health issued a new emergency order that sets a number of critical deadlines. One gives the Navy until May 15 — this coming Sunday — to submit the report of the contractor’s assessment of the incident, something that should have been provided to the state long ago.

May 12, 2022: Editorial: Red Hill cleanup has long way to go, Honolulu Star-Advertiser