- Ngenkathi abaholi bomhlaba behlangana eGlasgow, e-UK nge-COP26 ukudingida imvelo nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, inhlekelele eqhubekayo eHawaii encike kwezokuvakasha iyavela futhi iba yinkinga enkulu kazwelonke.
- NgoJanuwari walo nyaka, izikhulu zeNavy zazinobufakazi obanele bokuqinisekisa ukuthi ipayipi elixhunywe ohlelweni lwayo lweRed Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility lalivuza uphethiloli ePearl Harbor eduze kwaseHotel Pier. Nokho, uMnyango Wezempilo awuzange waziswe kwaze kwaba nguMeyi, ngokwencwadi ye-DOH.
- Lokhu kuphenduka usongo olukhulu lwezemvelo eHawaii.
Izolo bonke abameleli base-US abangu-4 kanye namaSenenja eSifundazwe saseHawaii babhale le ncwadi eMnyangweni Wezempi Yezempi.
Lona umbhalo wokuqala wencwadi:
Umhlonishwa uCarlos Del Toro
UNobhala weNavy
UMnyango Wezempi
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350
UNobhala othandekayo u-Del Toro,
Sibhala ngokukhathazeka okwandayo mayelana nokuphepha kokusebenza kukaphethiloli kweNavy eHawaii. Sikhathazeke kakhulu ngemibiko yokuvuza kukaphethiloli eduze kwaseHotel Pier e-Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) okwenzeka ngoMashi 2020 kanye nezinsolo zokuthi Ibutho Lamasosha Amanzi lalingaqhamuki ngokufanelekile mayelana nomthombo nesilinganiso sokuvuza kukaphethiloli nabalawuli bezwe, izikhulu zikahulumeni, nomphakathi—kuhlanganise namahhovisi ethu.
I-Navy yenza isibophezelo sokuxoxisana nabantu baseHawaii ngokusebenzisa amahholo edolobha namabhodi omakhelwane, ukunikeza kafushane abalawuli bombuso nezikhulu, kanye nokugcina imizila yokuxhumana ivulekile nethimba le-Congressional yaseHawaii ngalokho okwenziwa yi-Navy ukuze bahlale bengabaphathi abahle bemvelo. . Kungakho saphoxeka ekuqaleni ukufunda ngokuvuza kukaphethiloli weHotel Pier emaphephandabeni esikhundleni sokuzwa ubuholi beNavy ngokuqondile.
Isinqumo seButho Lamasosha Lamanzi sokungavumi esidlangalaleni ukuvuza kukaphethiloli e-Hotel Pier futhi sichaze ukuthi lenzani ukuvimbela ukuvuza okuzayo asihambisani nokuzibophezela okwenziwe onobhala bangaphambili be-Navy kubantu baseHawaii ukuthi bahlale obala kuzo zonke izindaba ezingathinta imvelo yethu. izinsiza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulandela ukuvuza kukaphethiloli kwangomhla zi-6 kuNhlaba eRed Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility lapho iNavy ekuqaleni yatshela umphakathi ukuthi awukho uphethiloli okhishelwe emvelweni, isitatimende esifunde ukuthi asilona iqiniso lapho uMbutho Wamasosha ethola ubukhulu obugcwele bomkhumbi. chitha. Lezi zigameko zakamuva, okuhlanganisa nendlela iNavy eziphendule ngayo kuzo kanye nokungaphumeleli kwayo emphakathini, kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nobucayi i-Navy ethatha umthwalo wayo wokukhulumisana ngokucacile nomphakathi mayelana nezindaba ezithinta impilo nokuphepha. Abantu baseHawaii bafanelwe okungcono kakhulu kwiNavy.
Njengoba kuhlotshaniswa nesigameko se-Hotel Pier, sinokukhathazeka okuqondile okungabazekayo ukuthi i-Navy isebenza kanjani futhi iqondise ukusebenza kwayo kukaphethiloli e-Hawaii. Sicela izimpendulo ezifika ngesikhathi neziphelele zemibuzo elandelayo:
1) Yiziphi izinqubo ezasetshenziswa izikhulu zeNavy ukuze zithole umthombo kanye nobubanzi bokuvuza kwe-Hotel Pier futhi ingabe lezo zinqubo zalandela izivikelo zeNavy kanye nezindinganiso zokuhlola ezizisungule ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha kokusebenza kwayo kukaphethiloli ekuphenduleni okunye ukuchitheka?
2) Ingabe Umbutho Wamasosha Wasemanzini uhambisane nazo zonke izidingo zawo zokubika ngokukhishwa kukaphethiloli ezihlobene nalesi sigameko futhi ingabe wanikeza ukwaziswa okufika ngesikhathi kubalawuli bezwe, okuhlanganisa nolwazi okungenzeka lwalubalulekile kusiphathimandla esilalela izimvume zokusebenza saseRed Hill?
3) Ingakanani isamba sengqikithi kaphethiloli ekhishwe e-Hotel Pier futhi wenzeni uMbutho Wamasosha Wamanzi ukuze uhlanze futhi ulungise indawo ethintekile?
4) Yibuphi ubufakazi, uma bukhona, obukhona bokuthi izikhulu zeNavy zigodle ulwazi mayelana nokuvuza kweHotela Pier obekungaba usizo ekucatshangelweni koMnyango Wezempilo waseHawaii ukuvuselela imvume yokusebenza kweRed Hill?
5) Yiziphi izinyathelo ezilandelayo eziqhutshwa uMbutho Wamasosha Wamanzi ukuze uhlonze amanye amaphuzu angaba khona ukwehluleka ekusebenzeni kwawo kukaphethiloli, okuhlanganisa nezinhlelo zamapayipi e-JBPHH noma eduze nawo, okungase kubangele ukuvuza kukaphethiloli okuyingozi? futhi
6) Buni, uma bukhona, ubuhlobo ipayipi le-Hotel Pier linabo ne-Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility futhi lokhu kungaba namiphi imithelela ohlelweni olukhona lokuthuthukisa indawo, okuhlanganisa nalezo ezidingwa abalawuli bezwe kanye nohulumeni?
I-Navy kumele iqhubeke nokuthuthukisa ukuphathwa nokwengamela ukusebenza kwayo, futhi inikeze ulwazi olufika ngesikhathi futhi olunembile kubalawuli bezifundazwe kanye ne-federal ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi imisebenzi yayo kaphethiloli ayibeki engcupheni impilo nokuphepha kwabantu baseHawaii. Ukuze senze lokho, silindele ukuthi uzonikeza izimpendulo eziphelele nezifika ngesikhathi emibuzweni echazwe ngenhla, futhi uma kukhona ububi obuvezwayo, uzothatha isinyathelo esifanele sokuziphendulela.
Sicela ngenhlonipho umhlangano wezithunywa zezinga lamalungu ukuze sixoxe ngokuthi I-Navy isebenza kanjani futhi iqondise ukusebenza kwayo kukaphethiloli e-Hawaii, okuhlanganisa nezinyathelo ezithathayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe impilo nokuphepha komphakathi, ngaphambi kukaDisemba 3, 2021. Siyabonga ukucabangela kwakho lesi sicelo. Sibheke ngabomvu ukuxoxa kabanzi ngalolu daba.
Sibheke ngabomvu ukuxoxa kabanzi ngalolu daba.
Ozithobayo,
UBRIAN SCHATZ, USenator wase-US
MAZIE K. HIRNO, USenator wase-US
ED CASE, Ummeleli wase-US
U-KAIALIʻI KAHELE, Omele I-US
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Further, it follows a May 6 fuel leak at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in which the Navy initially told the public that no fuel released into the environment, a statement we learned not to be accurate once the Navy discovered the full extent of the spill.
- The Navy made a commitment to engage the people of Hawaii through town halls and neighborhood boards, to brief state regulators and officials, and to keep lines of communication open with the Hawaii Congressional delegation about what the Navy is doing to remain good stewards of the environment.
- The Navy's decision not to publically acknowledge the Hotel Pier fuel leak and explain what it is doing to prevent future leaks is inconsistent with the commitment past secretaries of the Navy have made to the people of Hawaii to remain transparent on all matters that could affect our environmental resources.
