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... the aircraft would be lifted and moved to the runway, “and it would settle onto its landing gear, which is still in good condition” ....

“...China is the largest financial contributor....”

... Four of 21 groundwater monitoring wells showed exceedance of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a component of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ....

... Red Hill fuel-polluted soils could cost $750 million to clean up ....

... release of the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management draft General Reevaluation Report and Integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for review and 45-day public comment period ....

... Honolulu's Board of Water Supply is seeking $1.2 billion from the U.S. Navy for costs associated with the fuel leak at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

... A Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol airplane is in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay after attempting to land on a Marine Corps runway Monday afternoon ....

...  CNHA fronts for the 8a contractors which scored the lucrative no-bid USACE contracts to clean up properties in Kula and Lahaina ....  

... For most lessees, the increase is a $1,250 jump in rent per month. ...

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill was in charge of defueling, while the Navy and the Department of Defense will take on the closure process ....

... Represented by David Henkin of Earthjustice, Prutehi Litekyan argued there had to have been a deliberative process prior to the submission, and that decision-making process was a final agency action ....

... FEMA requires that states must have an approved hazard mitigation plan to qualify for numerous federal assistance and mitigation grants ....

... While initial media reports suggested the couple were Russian spies, that narrative melted away as the trial approached ....

... destroyed by lightning, vandalism or drunk drivers  ....

"... an intentional effort to capitalize on this tragedy by defrauding the government ...."

... insiders profit while residents leave for mainland .... 

... DTL founder gets a cut of the action ....

... nearly two years after a spill into the area's water forced thousands from their residences ....

... The announcement comes as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to initiate the next phase of the recovery ....

... An estimated 400-700,000 tons of fire-damaged debris will be removed ....

... MDA plans to publish a Notice of Termination in the Federal Register (FR) to terminate the Notice of Intent published on June 1, 2018 ....

... Leading up to this decision, DOH oversaw completion by JTF-RH, of 297 repairs and enhancements needed for repacking and defueling ....

... An anti-military group protested the Air Force's application for a permit to continue detonation of waste munitions ....

... Decision paves way for safe defueling operations to begin ....

... there are National Guard, Reserve and active duty personnel who make up the task force. Also included in the task force are Army civilian personnel from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ....

... DOD has 691 personnel in Maui who are engaged in planning, synchronizing and coordinating support to FEMA and the state of Hawaii. ...

... JTF-RH remains on track to commence gravity defueling by October 16, 2023 ....

... Almost 700 DOD personnel and 140 Coast Guardsmen are part of the coordinated response to the Maui wildfires ....

... 8(a) application submissions temporarily suspended ....

... The National Guard has activated 134 troops — including 99 Army National Guard personnel and 35 Air National Guard personnel — to assist in the in the ongoing local and federal wildfire response efforts ....

August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism.  So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.

... a bill creating the 20-year Red Hill Epidemiological Health Outcomes Study overseen by the U.S. Department of Health of Human Services ....

... Camp Blaz is being outfitted to host thousands of U.S. Marines, a plan said to threaten more than a dozen species with extinction ....

... Hawaii Department of Health gave conditional approval to U.S. Navy officials to defuel surge tanks next to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

... Approximately 480,000 gallons of fuel are expected to be removed from the surge tanks. Defueling operations are expected to begin on July 17, 2023, and run through July 30, 2023....

... Former President Barack Obama, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, and Senator Hirono Promote Peace through Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Sister Park Arrangement ....

... All repairs to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, mandated by the Hawaii Department of Health, are complete, Joint Task Force – Red Hill announced in a Wednesday night news release ....

... setting the framework to begin defueling about 104 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

... Report summarizes potential chemical exposure to residents from 2021 jet fuel exposure ....

... Don Aweau most recently served with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a senior advisor ....

... City and state to pay $130K to settle gun owner’s lawsuit ....

... bipartisan task force to conduct oversight on issues facing the U.S. territories and Freely Associated States (FAS) in the Indo-Pacific region ....

..  Dela Cruz sales pitch for latest boondoggle ....

... Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, has paid out over $108 million since 1997 due to malpractice settlements and verdicts ....

... Red Hill 2023 Consent Order between the EPA, Navy, and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) ....

... One of the bills in this past legislative session that fell to the cutting room floor when it probably shouldn’t have was Senate Bill 1035, which would have exempted medical services provided by health care providers if the services were paid for by Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE ....

... About 15,965 Americans residing in Hawaii enlisted to fight in World War II ....

... SEW A LEI FOR MEMORIAL DAY ....

... US Coast Guard Permanent Presence Also Emphasized ....

... cadets who participated in all four years of the program are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance and lower rates of suspension ....