[CPEO-MEF] A question re: EIS and Ranges

[keboi@aol.com]

Aloha kakou

This is Kyle Kajihiro from AFSC Hawai'i.  As folks may know, the community in 
Wai'anae has been demanding that the Army do an EIS for its live fire 
training at Makua. The Army has been very resistant to doing an EIS, 
producing instead a very lengthy, but inadequate EA.  At a recent public 
meeting on the EA, over 500 people attended. Testimony went from 2:00 pm to 
2:00 am - the Army ran out of time. Ten to one the testimony was in favor of 
an EIS. Five hundred additional signed letters calling for an EIS and another 
900 signatures calling for the removal of the Army from Makua were delivered. 

My question for anyone on this listserve is: What are other active ranges 
where the military has had to do an EIS? I know that the Navy did an EIS for 
Kaho'olawe, and that it was one of the factors leading to the closure of the 
range, but are there other examples? 

Mahalo for any information.

Kyle Kajihiro
AFSC Hawai'i
2426 O'ahu Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 988-6266
Fax: (808) 988-4876


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