Hawaii-Southern California Traning and Testing Environmental Impact Statement and Overseas Environmental Impact Statement
Here is the link to the Navy website for the project.
The Navy proposes to expand its Hawaii Range Complex to the International Date Line. It already encompasses 2.1 million square miles of sea, air and land. The new proposal also includes new training and testing activities involving sonar that could harm marine mammals. In the first phase of preparation of an environmental impact statement, the Navy is conducting scoping meetings to seek input on what impact issues it must study and address in its investigation. The meetings are being held in a format that does not allow for public speaking in a forum. They have broken up the sessions into informational stations to disperse public interaction and opposition.
HAWAI’I SCOPING MEETINGS
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Kauai Community College Cafeteria
3-1901 Kaumualii Highway
Lihue, Hawaii
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Keehi Lagoon –Disabled American Veterans Hall – Weinberg Hall
2685 North Nimitz Highway
Honolulu, Hawaii
Thursday, August 26, 2010
4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Hilo High School Cafeteria
556 Waianuenue Ave.
Hilo, Hawaii
Friday, August 27, 2010
4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Maui Waena Intermediate School Cafeteria
795 Onehee Ave.
Kahului, Hawaii
I have been following sonar tests in Sanctuary waters for many years. If they are needed and still done why can’t they be done in the summer when our humpbacks are in Alaskan waters and why wait to they return? I feel they should not even need to test sonar as that has already been done in past years. The impacts to all marine animals can be severe. If there are these sessions and no public peaking in forum is allowed how do you get testimony. Aloha Dennis Fitzpatrick