Red Hill Defueling Could Take from Four Months to 30 Days, Says New Plan
TL;DR - The Pentagon says it could take between 30 days to four months to empty Hawaii’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, according to the latest version of the defueling plan.
The Department said it is continually reevaluating the timeline for the defueling, with the current thinking projecting about 120 days to remove all the fuel from Red Hill. The DoD could begin defueling pipelines as early as this month and remove all the fuel by the end of July 2024, according to the public plan.
“Additional analysis of the factors and conditions of the current plan has allowed DOD to reduce the timeline for the safe and expeditious defueling of the ~104 million gallons of fuel to 120-calendar days,” reads the plan. “DoD will continue this analysis and will continue to conduct market research in efforts to reduce the defueling timeline as much as possible, consistent with safe defueling.”
October 4, 2022: Red Hill Defueling Could Take from Four Months to 30 Days, Says New Plan, USNI News
October 4, 2022: Red Hill defueling Task Force working to remove fuel from pipes within weeks, with target finish for July 2024, KITV