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On that day, defueling 104 million gallons of aviation and marine fuel contained inside the once secret, underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility is expected to commence.
Hawaii state and federal officials gathered on a Pearl Harbor pier Friday to speak to reporters about what some described as a milestone: defueling the Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility starting Monday.
The Red Hill defueling efforts come a few months earlier than initially anticipated. It's taken significant planning, emergency preparedness training, and major collaboration.
The military next week plans to begin draining fuel from World War II-era underground fuel tanks in Hawaii, nearly two years after the massive facility sickened 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into a Pearl Harbor drinking water well.
As the military prepares to drain the Navy’s underground Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, concerns about safety persist.