The plans for the project on Haleakala’s summit drew significant opposition last week during public scoping meetings that are part of the environmental review process.

Plaintiffs are seeking a combined sum of nearly $7 million for physical and mental harm related to Red Hill.

Witnesses testified they became extremely ill after drinking the Navy’s contaminated water. Government attorneys countered their exposure was brief.

In the trial starting Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice will question whether they were exposed to jet fuel and, if so, whether it was enough to account for their illnesses.

A spokesman cited unspecified privacy concerns when rejecting a Civil Beat request to reveal the names.

The Board of Land and Natural Resources is trying to determine how the state should value thousands of acres long used for military training before leases expire.

A new federal report, ordered after the Red Hill crisis, uncovered oversight weaknesses at hundreds of the military’s fuel storage sites.

The Puuloa Range Training Facility has been a source of growing concern.

For two years, the Navy said water test results indicated no problems. Now, officials are suggesting there is something in the water samples, but they don’t know what it is.  

Rear Adm. Marc Williams has the “daunting task” of safely shuttering a massive 80-year-old fuel depot.