Honolulu, Dec 4 (AP) Hawaii's Department of Health on Monday upheld the governor's order requiring the Navy to drain massive World War II-era fuel tanks after oil leaking from the aging facility contaminated Pearl Harbor's tap water.

Marian Tsuji, the department's deputy director, on Monday said she agreed with the conclusions of an official appointed by the department to review the facts of the case.

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She said she would adopt the official's proposed findings as final, though would fix a typographical error.

The Navy is reviewing the decision, said Cmdr. Reann Mommsen, a spokesperson for the Navy Office of Information in Washington.

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Hawaii law allows parties to appeal such decisions in the court system.

The department's hearings officer for the case, Deputy Attorney General David Day, concluded the tanks were a “ticking time bomb” that threaten the water supply on the state's most populous island.

He said they posed “an imminent threat to human health and safety or the environment” and agreed with the governor's order to defuel the tanks.

The Navy objected to Day's findings last week, saying he used an “overbroad” interpretation of the Department of Health's emergency authority to regulate underground fuel storage tanks. The Navy argued the tanks didn't currently pose an “imminent” threat. (AP)

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