[CPEO-MEF] Army delays Makua (HI) burnings

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army delays Makua burnings
The controlled fires were meant to help complete a survey

By Gregg K. Kakesako
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
June 20, 2006mef

The Army has postponed a series of controlled brush fires in Makua 
Valley Military Reservation, further delaying an environmental impact 
statement that was supposed to have been completed October 2004.

It is unknown how the delay will affect the Army's $693 million military 
construction project to accommodate the 25th Division's new Stryker 
Brigade on Oahu and the Big Island. Several of the projects include 
renovations to Schofield Barracks training ranges similar to those in Makua.

The Army has said it needs these controlled brush fires at Makua to 
finish historical and cultural assessments of the 4,190-acre training 
range -- one of the key components of the environmental study.

The Army declined to answer questions on the status of the controlled 
burns or when it expects to complete the environmental impact statement. 
In the past, the Army has told the federal court that it would be done 
this spring.

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For the entire article, see
http://starbulletin.com/2006/06/20/news/story02.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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