[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Hawaii, EPA and Navy Agree to Plan to Address Tank Leaks" at Red Hill, HI

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hawaii, EPA and Navy Agree to Plan to Address Tank Leaks

By Audrey McAvoy
Associated Press
October 1, 2015

HONOLULU - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii state Department of Health on Thursday said they finalized a deal with the Navy to better prevent and detect leaks from 20 giant fuel storage tanks near Pearl Harbor.

The 70-year-old underground tanks are built into the side of a mountain atop a large aquifer critical to Honolulu's water supply. The tanks provide fuel to U.S. military ships and aircraft, serving as a strategically important "gas stop" between the U.S. West Coast and the western Pacific.

The agencies began working on plans to address leaks after the Navy detected a leak of 27,000 gallons of fuel from one tank last year. Samples from nearby water-monitoring wells showed a spike in hydrocarbons, indicating possible fuel contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hawaii-epa-navy-agree-plan-address-tank-leaks-34187503

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