Hawaii DOH Fines Us Navy

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On Tuesday the Hawaii Department of Health said it has fined the US Navy 8.8 million dollars for repeatedly discharging untreated or partially treated sewage into state waters from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.  The department said in a news release that it recorded 766 counts of the Navy discharging pollutants in excess of limits established by a permit.  The pollutants were released between January 2020 and July 2022 from the Hawaii Wastewater Treatment Plant operated by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command.