[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Navy proposes more training at Silver Strand Beach (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plans To Increase Naval Training Draw Scrutiny In Coronado And I.B.

by David Axelson
Coronado Eagle & Journal (CA)
March 11, 2010

According to the draft of an Environmental Impact Statement filed by the 
Department of the Navy dated January 2010, increased training activity 
necessary for Naval and Marine Corps forces will require expanded 
operations in the Silver Strand area.

The Silver Strand Training Center includes 7,000 yards of ocean beach 
and is divided into two sections. SSTC-North runs from south of Loews 
Coronado Bay Resort to the northern boundary of Silver Strand State 
Beach. SSTC-South runs from south of the beach to an area just north of 
YMCA Camp Surf, a geographic area which straddles both Coronado and 
Imperial Beach.

Quoting the EIS, the Silver Strand Training Center has been used by the 
Navy for over 60 years and "Plays a vital part in the execution of the 
operational readiness mandate. The SSTC has historically been and 
continues to be, a critical range for west coast naval amphibious, 
special warfare, and mine countermeasure activities."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.coronadonewsca.com/articles/2010/03/11/news/news01.prt

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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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