{"id":37719,"date":"2019-04-14T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/14\/why-hawaii-wants-the-navy-to-move-its-fuel-tanks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:42:31","slug":"why-hawaii-wants-the-navy-to-move-its-fuel-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/04\/14\/why-hawaii-wants-the-navy-to-move-its-fuel-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hawaii wants the Navy to move its fuel tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HONOLULU \u2014 Hawaii Department of Health Director Bruce Anderson<\/a> is urging the Navy to relocate its underground fuel storage facility at Red Hill away from a major source of Oahu\u2019s drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson told lawmakers Thursday that the state has no power to force the Navy to move the tanks, which sit 100 feet (about 30.5 meters) above a major aquifer, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson hopes the Navy will agree to reopen a legal agreement entered into in 2015 following a fuel leak at one of its Red Hill fuel tanks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson said that amending the agreement could make that option more likely. The agreement lays out steps the Navy must take to address fuel releases and increase tank safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Storing this much fuel above our drinking water is not an acceptable option in the long run. In the short run we really don’t have an option,” Anderson said during a joint informational briefing before the House Committee on Health and House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\t