[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "U.S. Navy’s fuel tank proposal rejected over concerns regarding Oahu’s drinking water"

[Lenny Siegel]

U.S. Navy’s fuel tank proposal rejected over concerns regarding Oahu’s drinking water

KHON TV-2 News (Honolulu, HI)
October 27, 2020

HONOLULU  – Officials rejected the U.S. Navy’s plan to safeguard Oahu’s drinking water near Red Hill from possible contamination from underground fuel tanks used in World War II. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Hawai‘i Department of Health vocalized their disapproval of the Navy’s Tank Upgrade Alternative and Release Detection Document stating the proposal failed to demonstrate how it will prevent and mitigate future fuel releases over Oahu’s primary drinking water aquifer.

"This is the latest example of how the Navy does not take the protection of Oahu’s drinking
water seriously" said Jodi Malinoski, Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi Policy Advocate. "It’s been 5 years
and still the Navy can’t provide a meaningful plan to protect our water from their antiquated
tanks. Maybe that is because the tanks can’t be adequately upgraded, which means they should
be retired."

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For the entire story, see
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/u-s-navys-fuel-tank-proposal-rejected-over-concerns-regarding-oahus-drinking-water/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel at cpeo.org
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