EPA Leads Effort to Contain Jet Fuel Spill in Honolulu

EPA Leads Effort to Contain Jet Fuel Spill in Honolulu

"Air Knife" drilling bore hole - Remediation equipment in use at site

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EPA has issued a federal Clean Water Act order to ensure the continued cleanup of spilled jet fuel at a tank farm facility on the Sand Island Access Road in Honolulu, Hawaii. The order requires Airport Service Group International (ASIG), the facility operator, and Hawaii Fueling Facilities Corp., the facility owner, to proceed with cleanup work that will prevent fuel from entering waters or shoreline areas.

Since the 42,000 gallon spill was reported on January 21, 2014, the cleanup efforts overseen by EPA, along with Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH), have resulted in the recovery of over 16,000 gallons of spilled jet fuel at the ASIG facility, which provides airplane fuel at the Honolulu International Airport.

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Aerial View of ASIG Tank Farm | Click image to enlargeAerial View of ASIG Tank Farm | Click to enlargeMap of site layout | Click image to enlargeMap of site layout | Click to enlargeDaily Safey Meeting | Click image to enlargeDaily Safey Meeting | Click to enlargeView of extraction pit inside the facility | Click image to enlargeView of extraction pit inside the facility | Click to enlargeView of bailer full of jet fuel outside the facility | Click image to enlargeView of bailer full of jet fuel outside the facility | Click image to enlargeEPA, OSC, and ERT Hydro in discussion over today's strategy | Click image to enlargeEPA, OSC, and ERT Hydro in discussion over today's strategy | Click image to enlarge
"Air Knife" drilling bore hole | Click image to enlarge"Air Knife" drilling bore hole | Click image to enlargeTrench inside facility used to extract Jet A product | Click image to enlargeTrench inside facility used to extract Jet A product | Click image to enlargeView of extraction trench | Click image to enlargeView of extraction trench | Click image to enlargeBailer full of jet fuel from boring outside the slurry wall | Click image to enlargeBailer full of jet fuel from boring outside the slurry wall | Click image to enlargeJet A in the borehole outside the facility | Click image to enlargeJet A in the borehole outside the facility | Click image to enlarge