[CPEO-MEF] NEPA: "Navy, BLM release reports on [China Lake, CA] Naval Air Station"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy, BLM release reports on Naval Air Station

Desert Dispatch (CA)
September 4. 2015 


The Department of the Navy, with the cooperation of the Bureau of Land Management, on Friday announced the release of the China Lake Naval Air Station's Final Environmental Impact Statement/Legislative Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS/LEIS).

The two reports evaluate the potential environmental effects associated with the Congressional reauthorization of the current land withdrawal (25-year renewal) and increase of operational tempo (up to 25 percent) within current approved land-use areas. Included is an update of the associated Comprehensive Land Use Management Plan (CLUMP).
Basically, the reports recommend allowing the Navy to continue to maintain the China Lake Naval Air Station at its current size for at least the next 25 years, while noting that there likely could be an increase of up to 25 percent in the number of training flights at the station.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.desertdispatch.com/article/20150904/NEWS/150909949

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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