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\n HONOLULU (AP) \u2014 Hawaii\u2019s congressional leaders are disputing a statement made by an Environmental Protection Agency official who claimed the delegation supports eliminating a Red Hill community oversight group.EPA regional enforcement chief Amy Miller made the comments in a Zoom meeting with the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative. The group, known as the CRI, was formed last year by a federal consent order between the EPA and the military after fuel from the Red Hill storage complex contaminated Pearl Harbor\u2019s drinking water in 2021.On Wednesday during a recorded virtual meeting, Miller told the group it would be disbanded because the military and CRI members were unable to agree on ground rules for how the meetings should be run. Asked whether Hawaii\u2019s elected leaders in Congress supported the dissolution of the group, Miller said yes.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz and Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda released a joint statement saying that is not true.\u201cAny suggestion that the delegation supports disbanding the CRI is baseless and completely inaccurate,\u201d the delegation said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Red Hill fuel leak was a breach of public trust. The federal government has a long way to go to regain it \u2014 and that can only happen with strong community engagement and oversight. The EPA and Department of Defense must work directly with the community to clean up Red Hill and keep people safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement did not address the delegation\u2019s overall feelings on how the CRI has been run nor what should should happen with the group moving forward. Asked for further clarification on the delegation\u2019s stance on Thursday, spokespeople in each of their offices did not respond.Civil Beat emailed Miller for comment but received an automated out of office message. On Thursday afternoon, the EPA issued a statement denying the assertion occurred in the first place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn response to questions from members of the CRI, EPA staff relayed that we had briefed staff from the Congressional offices in March about the CRI, but the EPA did not state that the Hawai\u2018i Congressional delegation was in favor of disbanding the CRI,\u201d the agency said.However, the video recording speaks for itself.Miller told the group that the military and CRI members appear unable to come to a consensus on meeting logistics, including the location, the facilitator and who should control the agenda.Since the CRI was formed last year, the CRI has controlled those elements, but after several meetings turned acrimonious, putting military leaders in a defensive position, the military sought to assert more control over the meetings.However, the CRI refused to give up ground, so the EPA, Navy and Defense Logistics Agency agreed to write a new federal consent order without the CRI in it, according to Miller.After Miller shared that news, Army Maj. Mandy Feindt, a CRI member, asked Miller where the congressional delegation stood on the matter.\u201cI did meet with the congressional leaders, and they actually asked me a lot of questions about the Community Representation Initiative,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd they seem to be in support?\u201d Feindt asked.\u201cNo,\u201d Miller said.\u201cOf you disbanding this?\u201d Feindt asked.\u201cYes,\u201d Miller said.\u201cI\u2019m sorry, no they\u2019re not in support, or yes they are in support?\u201d Feindt asked.\u201cThe conversations I had, they were not in support of the Community Representation Initiative,\u201d Miller said.Later in the meeting, Feindt said she was surprised by Miller\u2019s comments and asked for clarification.\u201cCan you please share, is it a collective \u2014 all four of the congressional delegation \u2014 does not support the CRI? I just want to make sure I\u2019m clear with your words, that way when we go back and talk to our congressional delegation \u2014 because that\u2019s not the feedback that we\u2019ve gotten, so,\u201d she said.\u201cYes,\u201d Miller said.\u201cAll four of them, you\u2019re saying \u2014 \u201d Feindt started.\u201cYes,\u201d Miller interjected.\u201d \u2014 are not in support of the CRI?\u201d\u201cWe had a meeting with all four delegations,\u201d Miller said, adding that the meeting occurred in the springtime.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd their guidance was to disband the CRI?\u201d\u201cUm, they did not think that, um \u2014 they thought it was out of hand,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThey thought it needed ground rules. They thought it was disruptive. It was a pretty negative meeting. And it was very, very difficult.\u201dAfter the meeting, Feindt emailed the offices of each congressional representative asking for a meeting and later received a copy of the delegation\u2019s joint statement.\u201cSomeone is lying,\u201d Feindt said. \u201cI\u2019m not in a position to say who.\u201dWhatever the case, Feindt said the dustup has distracted from the key issues that need to be discussed, including Pearl Harbor\u2019s drinking water quality and the Navy\u2019s ongoing efforts to close Red Hill. That was the purpose of the CRI meetings.In suggesting changes to the meeting\u2019s ground rules, the military has indicated its view that some of the meetings took on a disrespectful tone. Feindt sees it differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cRespect is earned,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019re looking at a community that has been poisoned, who has been betrayed, who has been lied to. Their kids have been poisoned. You cannot expect anyone to come in and stand at attention or take orders from these people. Their rank is no good to this community.\u201d___This story was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat and distributed through a partnership with The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
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