(AP) — Hawaiʻi is fining the U.S. Navy more than $325,000 for operations and maintenance violations at a massive underground fuel storage facility on Oʻahu. The state Department of Health says the fines resulted from inspections it undertook of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in September and October last year. Navy Region Hawaʻii says it has just been notified of the violations and is reviewing the notice. The fuel tanks at Red Hill provide the Navy with a crucial fuel reserve in the Pacific. The massive facility sits on top of an aquifer that supplies one quarter of urban Honolulu’s water.

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