to defuel the tanks.... Brian Schatz led the effort to include the Red Hill funding by negotiating

.... Within 30 days of completing the correction action, the Navy must then defuel the underground storage

The military will have to stick to this deadline now that it’s dropping the appeal, Henkin said. The military, with oversight from the state health department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is currently developing plans to safely remove the fuel.... He said he pushed hard for the military to make this decision. Petroleum leaked from the Red Hill tanks into a Navy drinking water well late last year, sickening 6, 000 people mostly living in military housing.... Medical teams treat

11, 2021 photo provided by the U.S. Navy.... At the time they reported there were" no signs or indication of any releases to the environment, and the drinking water remains safe to drink." MORE: Navy shuts off 2nd well in Hawaii following water contamination The DOH later said it collected drinking water samples on Nov.... 24 from the Red Hill water supply shaft as a part of routine testing....