[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Diesel spill cleanup at Space Force site on Maui [HI] could begin this week"

[Lenny Siegel]

Diesel spill cleanup at Space Force site on Maui could begin this week

By WYATT OLSON  
STARS AND STRIPES 
February 23, 2023

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Cleanup of fuel-saturated ground at a mountaintop observatory on Maui could begin as soon as Thursday, the commander of U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific, which operates the site, said Wednesday.

About 700 gallons of diesel fuel spilled Jan. 29 at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex atop the 10,000-foot summit of Haleakala, a dormant volcano.

The spill was caused by a malfunctioning float in the fuel tank for the site’s generator that is used during power outages of the grid. The Space Force uses several telescopes in the complex to track satellites and space debris.

The Department of the Air Force developed a plan to excavate, clean and return the soil in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Hawaii Department of Health — as well as several other state agencies — and local community leaders.


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https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-02-23/maui-hawaii-diesel-fuel-spill-9224933.html

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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
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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)