Government shutdown would not affect Red Hill defueling, Navy says
Honolulu Board of Water Supply Manager Ernie Lau said he had raised concerns with Wade and other leaders about how a potential shutdown might disrupt the effort. Read more
Red Hill Water Crisis
Fuel from the Red Hill fuel facility leaked into the Red Hill water well, contaminating the Navy’s Oahu water system. Get the latest updates about cleanup.
University of Hawaii launches Red Hill resource hub
As the military prepares to begin draining the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility next month, the University of Hawaii at Manoa has launched the Red Hill Information Hub, which it describes as a “one stop shop of the latest information, data and tools that can also be used for education, communication and research.” Read more
Editorial: Navy should pay for Red Hill mess
It’s time for consequences — for the Navy to pay up for its dereliction that allowed thousands of gallons of fuel in its Red Hill tank storage facility to spew out in 2021, sickening many and compromising Oahu’s water resources. Read more
Navy ‘recklessly destroyed’ Red Hill evidence, lawyers allege
Attorneys representing families sickened by the 2021 Red Hill water crisis introduced a motion in Honolulu’s U.S. District Court on Tuesday that alleges that Navy officials “recklessly destroyed” text and phone records between two key officials. Read more
Defueling Red Hill won’t hurt military readiness, Pentagon says
The Pentagon has officially told Congress that military operations in the Pacific will not be adversely affected by the closure of the Navy’s underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Read more
Red hill ‘repacking’ leads to pump repair
About 360,000 gallons of fuel have been added to pipelines at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility as part of an ongoing “repacking” process that will ultimately lead to the defueling of the facility’s jet fuel tanks. Read more
Red Hill Joint Task Force begins repacking
Joint Task Force-Red Hill announced today it began repacking the fuel pipelines connecting the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility to fuel points on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Read more
Red Hill to start ‘milestone’ in defueling
The military entity charged with removing 104 million gallons of aviation and marine fuels from the Navy’s controversial, underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Halawa marks a milestone Monday. Read more
Red Hill task force trains roving fire watch
Joint Task Force Red Hill, the organization the Pentagon set up to drain the massive fuel tanks at the Navy’s underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, announced Thursday that it has completed training for its roving security and fire watch team. Read more
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Editorial: Focus on Red Hill firefighting system
The emptying of 480,000 gallons of jet fuel from four Red Hill underground surge tanks was completed last Friday — and the fact that the operation didn’t make front-page banner headlines bodes well. Read more
National Guard members, reservists prepare for Red Hill defueling
Local National Guard members and reservists are training to spot danger and respond to hazards in support of the upcoming defueling of the Navy’s Red Hill fuel storage facility, set to begin in October. Read more
EPA public forum to set stage for citizen oversight on Red Hill
Navy officials are urging community members to attend tonight’s “kickoff and scoping meeting” hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as it prepares to launch its Community Representation Initiative to oversee defueling operations at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel storage facility. Read more
Congress members seek registry to track health effects of Red Hill
Members of Hawaii’s congressional delegation have introduced bipartisan legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to set up a new registry to track and collect health data from people who were exposed to tap water laced with jet fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility in 2021. Read more
Deputy defense secretary discusses shipyard upgrades, Red Hill
In March the Navy awarded a $2.8 billion contract to Honolulu-based joint venture Dragados/ Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV to replace Dry Dock 3 with the yet-to-be built Dry Dock 5. Read more
Editorial: A Red Hill ‘milestone’
The Joint Task Force Red-Hill (JTF-RH), the coalition riding herd on the painstaking and risky work of defueling the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, has shared some encouraging news lately — a rarity in a saga of lax oversight and missteps that has fouled a critical water source. Read more
Red Hill repairs complete, task force says
The military joint task force charged with defueling the massive underground fuel tanks at the Navy’s Red Hill facility announced Wednesday that it had successfully completed all repairs and modifications to the aging World War II-era facility the state Department of Health said the military must perform to safely begin draining the tanks. Read more
Letter: Red Hill plans leave questions unanswered
I regularly watch and read the updates on the Red Hill fuel tanks (“Health Department conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan,” Star-Advertiser, June 24). Read more
Judge nixes bid to depose Pacific Fleet chief in Red Hill lawsuit
At the core of the issue is the so-called Morgan and DeVos doctrines, which have historically shielded high- ranking executive branch officials from being deposed in similar cases unless there are exceptional circumstances. Read more
Health Department conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan
The state Department of Health on Friday conditionally approved the Joint Task Force-Red Hill defueling plan in a move that sets the framework for draining 104 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Read more
Hawaii report details health effects of Red Hill leak
A new report released by the state Department of Health provides an assessment of the health effects people may have faced after being exposed to jet fuel, the cleaning product Simple Green, high levels of chlorine and an anti-icing agent in their drinking water after a pipeline burst at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility on Nov. 20 2021. Read more
Judge to decide whether top Navy officer can be deposed
A federal judge is expected to decide soon whether Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, will have to sit for a deposition in a civil lawsuit brought by military and civilian families whose drinking water was contaminated with jet fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility in November 2021. Read more
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