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Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro speaks at a news conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. The U.S. Navy is contesting orders
from Hawaii to suspend use of fuel tanks and drain them at a complex above an aquifer that supplies nearly 20 percent of Honolulu’s drinking water
until certain conditions are met. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)
what it takes to keep a carrier group moving and flying.”
Although the Navy uses nuclear-powered aircraft carriers,
immense amounts of traditional fuel are required for the
aircraft operating from the carriers and for the ships that
protect them. The Navy’s submarines run on nuclear power
and would not be affected, Goldstein said.
Del Toro said he did not “want to get into topics with conversations
with regards to how long we can continue to do
this for national security reasons, but there’s really no minimum
operation to our fleet’s activities or activities impacting
the Air Force or the Army or the Marine Corps for any near
term at all.”
The Roosevelt administration, during World War II, ordered
the construction of the Red Hill underground facility. Experts
have said Japan during its attack of Pearl Harbor could have
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done much more damage and possibly altered the outcome
of the war if it had attacked fuel storage on Hawaii instead
of U.S. ships.
Ige was not available to comment in more detail Dec. 7 on
the state’s efforts for suspending use of the fuel tank complex
because he was participating in events marking the 80th
anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, said Ige spokesperson
Cindy McMillan.
The Navy’s water system serves about 93,000 people in and
near Pearl Harbor and nearly 1,000 military households have
complained about their tap water. Some have said they
have suffered physical ailments such as cramps and vomiting
recently after drinking it.
Recent water sample testing showed the presence of petroleum
in water that comes from a well near the underground
fuel tank complex that has been the source of multiple fuel
leaks over the years.
Del Toro recently said officials were getting close to determining
the cause of the problem and that when the investigation
is completed and reviewed, the Navy will adopt water
safety precautions.
He apologized for what he called a “horrible, horrible tragedy.”
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