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Joint Task Force Red-Hill (JTF-RH) Strategic Engagement Director, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lance Okamura, briefs members of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) at the Honolulu Fire Department Regional Fire Training Center Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 12, 2023. LEPC members hail from local government, emergency response organizations, and environmental and citizen groups, and serve as focal points in the community for information about hazardous substances, emergency planning measures, and health and environmental risks due to hazardous substances. JTF-RH is in the fifth and final phase of its defueling plan, where JTF-RH along with Defense Logistics Agency Energy and Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor, are safely defueling the RHBFSF. This stage saw the removal of more than 99.5 percent of fuel, with planned strategic pauses for safety checks, and transportation of the fuel to various locations throughout the Pacific. Phase 5 defueling continues with JTF-RH unpacking the fuel pipelines, and removing residual fuel located in the surge lines and portions of the tank gallery. JTF-RH will complete its defueling mission at the end of Phase 5, which is projected to end no later than March 31, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Orlando Corpuz)