Pentagon to shut down leaking fuel tank facility in Hawaii

TL;DR - The Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel, The Associated Press has learned.

A senior defense official said the decision, which Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made Monday, is based on a new Pentagon assessment, but also is in line with an order from Hawaii’s Department of Health to drain fuel from the tanks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The tanks, built into the side of a mountain during World War II to protect them from enemy attack, had leaked into a drinking water well and contaminated water at Pearl Harbor homes and offices.

March 7, 2022: Pentagon to shut down leaking fuel tank facility in Hawaii, Associated Press

March 8, 2022: Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility’s permanent closure is ordered, Honolulu Star-Advertiser

March 8, 2022: Pentagon Will Close Hawaii Fuel Depot That Leaked Petroleum, The New York Times

March 8, 2022: U.S. Navy to Shutter Pearl Harbor Fuel Depot That Caused Water Contamination, Democracy Now

March 7, 2022: Pentagon to permanently shut down leaking Red Hill fuel tank facility, Hawaiʻi Public Radio

March 7, 2022: Pentagon announces plan to empty Red Hill fuel tanks, close facility, Hawaiʻi News Now

March 7, 2022: Pentagon announces permanent closure of Red Hill facility amid water crisis, Hawaiʻi News Now

March 7, 2022: Pentagon to shut down leaking fuel tank facility in Hawaii, KITV

March 7, 2022: Pentagon shutting down fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked into drinking water, The Hill

March 7, 2022: Pentagon to shutter fuel storage facility that contaminated drinking water at Pearl Harbor, Washington Post

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