The Environmental Subcommittee of the Civilian/Military Task Force is pleased to submit, our latest draft of scoping comments in response to the Notice of Intent (Federal Register Vol. 72, No. 44, dated March 7, 2007)  by the Department of the Navy to produce an Environmental Impact Statement/ Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) on the impacts of: 1) proposed relocation of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam, 2) facilities for berthing of nuclear aircraft carriers at Guam and 3) placement of an Army Ballistic Missile Defense Group on Guam.  We were instructed by Joint Guam Program Office and NAVFACPAC staff that the comments deadline for this scoping is extended to May 21, 2007.  We request that these be included in scoping input to the development of the Draft and the Final EIS.

 

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