[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Lawmakers Call For Investigation Into Whether Navy Misled Regulators On Red Hill" (HI)

[Lenny Siegel]

Lawmakers Call For Investigation Into Whether Navy Misled Regulators On Red Hill
The Navy is facing calls for an investigation as its permit hangs in the balance. 

By Christina Jedra     
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
October 19, 2021

   
A dozen Hawaii lawmakers are calling for an investigation into whether the U.S. Navy misled regulators and the public earlier this year about a fuel release into Pearl Harbor. 

Earlier this month, Civil Beat reported that the Navy had enough evidence, per Hawaii Department of Health standards, to confirm in January that fuel was leaking from its Red Hill fuel facility pipeline into Pearl Harbor, according to a DOH letter. 

However, officials didn’t share that documentation with the Hawaii Department of Health until May amid concerns it would interfere with their ability to obtain a permit, according to Navy records and emails shared with Civil Beat.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/10/lawmakers-call-for-investigation-into-whether-navy-misled-regulators-on-red-hill/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)