The military entity charged with removing 104 million gallons of aviation and marine fuels from the Navy’s controversial, underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Halawa marks a milestone Monday.
That day, Joint Task Force-Red Hill — composed of members of various U.S. armed services — will begin “repacking” operations to fill empty pipelines that snake for miles under and through the World War II-era facility with more fuel in order to remove any air.
That work will pave the way for gravity-based defueling of the site’s main underground storage tanks by Oct. 16, according to Vice Adm. John Wade, who commands the task force.
August 26, 2023: Red Hill to start ‘milestone’ in defueling, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
August 25, 2023: Military offers inside look at Red Hill facility as crews prepare to begin defueling, Hawaiʻi News Now
August 25, 2023: Defueling to soon begin at Red Hill, KITV