WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following schedule of public events for the week of January 10 – 14.

Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: “Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: The Current Crisis, the Response, and the Way Forward”
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
(10:00am ET – Via WebEx – Open)

Update: This hearing will now convene exclusively via WebEx, and can be streamed on the HASC website.

Purpose: This hearing will conduct oversight into the Navy’s maintenance of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the Navy’s investigation into and response to the November 2021 release of fuel from Red Hill facility impacting drinking water, its impacts on servicemembers and civilians, clean-up and remediation efforts, and next steps forward.

 

Witnesses:
 
Vice Admiral Yancy Lindsey
Commander, Navy Installations Command

Rear Admiral Blake Converse
Deputy Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Rear Admiral John K. Korka
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
Chief of Civil Engineers

Rear Admiral Peter Stamatopoulos
Supply Corps, United States Navy
Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and 49th Chief of Supply Corps

Captain Michael McGinnis
Pacific Fleet Surgeon
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet

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