[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Groundwater contamination at Red Hill fuel facility [HI] dates back to 2005"

[Lenny Siegel]

EPA: Groundwater contamination at Red Hill fuel facility dates back to 2005

By Mahealani Richardson
Hawaii News Now
February 13, 2023

HONOLULU - State and federal regulators say groundwater contamination at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility goes back nearly two decades.

The military is working on repairs to Red Hill to prepare it for defueling as an investigation into the latest toxic fire suppressant spill is still going on.

In an exclusive interview with the Environmental Protection Agency and state Health Department, the regulators are shedding light on the history of contamination.

The 2021 fuel spills from Red Hill contaminated the Pearl Harbor drinking water system and sickened thousands of people. That’s why the DOH and EPA say careful monitoring of the drinking water today is necessary.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/02/14/epa-says-groundwater-contamination-red-hill-goes-back-2005/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)