Military Will Fight Hawaii Order To Drain The Red Hill Fuel Facility After All … Hawaii officials said they were “very disappointed” by the decision.
After initially saying the Navy would comply with a state health department order to drain the Red Hill fuel facility, the U.S. military has decided to take the state of Hawaii to court to fight the order, according to a statement from Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on Monday.
The Department of Health issued the emergency order after fuel from the World War II-era Red Hill facility leaked into the water supply for 93,000 members of the military community, sickening families and displacing thousands from their homes.
Hicks said that while the military remains “laser-focused on addressing the Red Hill situation,” the military plans to appeal the order in both federal and state court by Wednesday.
