[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Mariana Islands Range Complex (CNMI) environmental impact review

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hearing on impact of increased military presence held tonight

By Kristi Eaton
Saipan Tribune (Northern Mariana)
February 23, 2009

Officials from the U.S. Navy will be holding a public hearing tonight at 
the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe to discuss the Mariana Islands Range 
Complex Environmental Impact Statement.

The 45-day comment period on the statement began on Jan. 30 and ends on 
March 16, 2009.

The training and testing range complex includes land, air and sea areas 
on and around Guam, Rota, Tinian, Saipan and Farrallon de Medinilla.

Before any increase in military activity or presence in the Marianas, 
the military must determine what impact those activities will have on 
the environment, which comprises not just water resources, air quality, 
marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and essential fish habitat, seabirds 
and shorebirds and plants, but also the economic well-being, cultural 
resources and the health and safety of people living in the CNMI and Guam.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=87978&cat=1

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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