[CPEO-MEF] NOISE, ENCROACHMENT: Key West (FL) Super Hornets

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy Declares War On Key West Citizens -- County Issues Cease And Desist 
Order On Flying F-18 Jets

Monroe County Commissioners issue official Cease and Desist Resolution 
to NAS Key West on March 18, 2009 ordering a halt to FLYING OF F-18 
SUPER HORNET JET AIRCRAFT OVER CITIZENS HOMES


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STOP THE PLANES
March 26, 2009

PRLog (Press Release) - Monroe Commissioners at a meeting on March 18, 
2009, unanimously approved a resolution asking Naval Air Station Key 
West to "immediately cease and desist" Super Hornet training flights 
until additional noise studies can be done to determine the actual level 
of noise and the harm it is inflicting on residents who live near Boca 
Chica Field.

"This is an untenable situation," County Mayor George Neugent said. "If 
this continues, we will be at odds at a much greater level." He did not 
elaborate about what might constitute a greater level.

Commissioner Kim Wigington accused the Navy of using "invalid and false" 
information when creating its flight maps that outline flight zones and 
noise levels experienced in those zones. An environmental impact 
statement that allowed the Super Hornets to train over the Lower Keys 
also did not go far enough, and did not take into the consideration the 
people living in the area, she said during the heated exchange.  The 
Navy's environmental impact statement indicated no significant effect on 
residents and is being investigated by the Department of Defense, 
Investigator General for inclusion of altered data.

....

For the entire release, see
http://www.prlog.org/10206246-navy-declares-war-on-key-west-citizens-county-issues-cease-and-desist-order-on-flying-f18-jets.html

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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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