[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Makua Valley (HI) environmental impact statement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hawaiian group says EIS on Makua is not complete

By Mary Adamski
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
June 6, 2009

The Army said it will decide by early July to what extent it will resume 
live-fire military training exercises in Makua Valley. The training plan 
was part of an environmental impact statement released yesterday.

But Malama Makua, the nonprofit organization whose lawsuit forced the 
Army to halt exercises in the 4,190-acre Leeward valley, said it will be 
back in court to stop the Army again from resuming training because the 
environmental assessment is flawed and incomplete.

"We don't share the Army view that this is a final copy," said 
Earthjustice attorney David Henkin, who represents Malama Makua. "They 
don't provide the legally required information," Henkin said.


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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
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