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Navy discusses Red Hill closure plan

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Meredith Berger, assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations, and environment, left, Navy Region Hawaii Commander Rear Adm. Steve Barnett and U.S. Navy Cmdr. Cameron Geertsema, commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, speak to the media on Tuesday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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U.S.Navy Capt. Cameron Geertsema, commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, speaks with the media on Tuesday.
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Meredith Berger, assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations, and environment, left, and Navy Region Hawaii Commander Rear Adm. Steve Barnett, speak to the media on Tuesday. The Navy wants to keep the Red Hill fuel facility, including its 20 cavernous fuel tanks, surge tanks and pipelines in the ground after it permanently retires the facility from fueling operations, according to a plan it submitted to the Hawaii Department of Health on Tuesday.
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U.S.Navy Capt. Cameron Geertsema, left, commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, speaks with the media.
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U.S.Navy Capt. Cameron Geertsema, commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, speaks with the media on Tuesday.

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