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(KOAM) - Anthony Shane Gilstrap received a 63-month prison sentence today for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) through the illicit transportation of hazardous waste in Hawaii and

Ambitious modernization efforts at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and getting an update on Red Hill defueling efforts were at the top of the agenda of a recent visit by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.

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.

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.

In a legal order issued by Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Mansfield of Hawaiis U.S. District Court, he concluded attorneys representing the families had not demonstrated that Adm. Samuel Paparo had information they couldnt get elsewhere and did not have a compelling reason to force his testimony.

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.