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Military spending act stirs new Red Hill worries

  • U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. ORLANDO CORPUZ
                                U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda surveyed one of 20 fuel tanks located at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility during a congressional delegation visit to the Halawa facility on Feb. 23 to understand steps the Department of Defense is taking to safely defuel the facility.

    U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. ORLANDO CORPUZ

    U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda surveyed one of 20 fuel tanks located at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility during a congressional delegation visit to the Halawa facility on Feb. 23 to understand steps the Department of Defense is taking to safely defuel the facility.

The Pentagon announced last year that it was permanently closing Red Hill after a fuel leak from the facility contaminated the Navy’s drinking water system serving areas in and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, sickening military families. Read more

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