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The EPA noted that the task force had met the criteria needed in order to transfer the responsibilities of closing the site to the Navy.

Its drilling an exploratory well in Aiea to make up for the indefinite closure of the Halawa shaft due to fuel contamination.

As the defueling process at Red Hill comes closer to conclusion, the Joint Task Force and the Navy Closure Task Force are co-hosting an open house. The informative event serves

As the defueling process at Red Hill comes closer to conclusion, the Joint Task Force and the Navy Closure Task Force are co-hosting an open house. The informative event serves

Another 2,200 individuals filed suit in federal court Monday seeking compensation for illnesses, distress and financial hardship they say stem from exposure to petroleum-tainted Navy tap water in Hawaii.

Residents are reporting a visible sheen on the water, a strong odor and chemical taste in the water, migraines, nausea, skin rashes, and eye irritation from vapors, among other symptoms.

The Navy has created a new website to help track the efforts to clean up and shut down the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

Final cleansing of the 20 massive tanks that make up the Red Hill underground fuel storage facility in Hawaii will take three to four years. The projected end to remediating the soil and aquifer contaminated by the facility, however, remains open-ended.

The start of residual fuel removal coincides with the new establishment of the Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill.

The military is emptying the last 60,000 gallons of fuel at Red Hill by the end of March.