The U.S. Environmental Safety Company is holding two conferences subsequent week to provide the general public a chance to weigh in and ask questions on a proposed settlement settlement with the Navy and Protection Logistics Company that requires them to take steps to make sure the protected defueling and closure of the Pink Hill underground gasoline storage facility. The settlement additionally requires the Navy to make sure the protected operation of its Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam consuming water system.
A city corridor assembly is scheduled for the Oahu Veterans Heart — Ballard Corridor on Jan. 18 from 5 p.m. to eight:30 p.m. the place the EPA and navy representatives plan to offer a presentation in regards to the settlement, adopted by an “open mic” query and reply session, in line with an EPA press launch.
A second open home assembly will likely be held on the similar location on Jan. 19 from 3 p.m. to eight p.m. the place the general public can converse immediately with officers from the EPA, Navy, Joint Activity Power-Pink Hill, the Protection Logistics Company and Hawaii Division of Well being on varied matters, similar to new and present enforcement orders associated to Pink Hill, defueling and consuming water.
The general public can even submit feedback on the 2023 proposed consent order via Feb. 6 at this hyperlink.
The EPA, together with DOH, has regulatory authority over the Navy’s Pink Hill gasoline facility. In 2021, gasoline leaks from the power contaminated the consuming water system serving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and surrounding neighborhoods and in the end led to an order from the Pentagon to completely shut down Pink Hill.
The EPA’s proposed settlement, referred to as an administrative consent order, provides one other layer of federal oversight of the defueling operation. Nevertheless, it is already been criticized by officers from the Hawaii Sierra Membership and Honolulu Board of Water Provide who say it does not go far sufficient to carry the Navy accountable.
BWS, in a press launch final month, mentioned it was “extraordinarily disenchanted” by the settlement, which “lacks particulars, clear timelines, strict penalties, and public transparency.”
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