The Department of Defense inspector general will investigate the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the location of a massive fuel leak that contaminated thousands of people’s drinking water.

Hawaii’s congressional delegation requested the inquiry in November to determine whether the Navy had properly investigated recent fuel releases and notified state health officials in a timely manner. They re-upped the request earlier this month following reports of petroleum in tap water in military housing on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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