Red Hill Defueling Could Take from Four Months to 30 Days Says New Plan

Matt Cornman, a Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command contractor, performs a routine visual inspection on a Red Hill Well water pipe. US Navy Photo

The Pentagon says it could take between 30 days and four months to empty Hawaii’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, according to the latest version of the defueling plan.

The Department said it is continually reevaluating the timeline for the defueling, with the current thinking projecting four months to remove all fuel from Red Hill. The...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/04/red-hill-defueling-could-take-from-four-months-to-30-days-says-new-plan

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