EPA Leads Effort to Contain Jet Fuel Spill in Honolulu
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 to enlarge
Map of site layout | Click to enlarge
Daily Safey Meeting | Click to enlarge
View of extraction pit inside the facility | Click to enlarge
View of bailer full of jet fuel outside the facility | Click image to enlarge
EPA, OSC, and ERT Hydro in discussion over today's strategy | Click image to enlarge
"Air Knife" drilling bore hole | Click image to enlarge
Trench inside facility used to extract Jet A product | Click image to enlarge
View of extraction trench | Click image to enlarge
Bailer full of jet fuel from boring outside the slurry wall | Click image to enlarge
Jet A in the borehole outside the facility | Click image to enlarge