[CPEO-MEF] Farallon de Mendinilla (Northern Marianas)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

'Stop live fire bombings at Farallon'

By Agnes E. Donato
Saipan Tribune (Northern Marianas)
December 27, 2007

Lawmakers have raised concern about the environmental impact of military 
exercises on one of the islands north of Saipan.

Representatives Ray N. Yumul and Stanley T. Torres recently wrote a 
joint letter to the U.S. Naval Forces Marianas to express concern about 
the continued use of Farallon de Mendinilla as a live fire bombing range.

They said they were concerned the island had lost a significant amount 
of land mass due to the bombing exercises.

"[We are] requesting that you should immediately stop all live fire 
exercises on FDM until a thorough analysis is conducted," Yumul and 
Torres told Rear Admiral William D. French, commander of the U.S. Naval 
Forces Marianas.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=75550

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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