Hawaii-Southern California
Training and Testing Activities
Draft Environmental Impact Statement/
Overseas Environmental Impact Statement
May 2012
Address:
HSTT EIS/OEIS Project Manager
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest/EV21.CS
1220 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92132-5190
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The U.S. Navy has prepared this Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) to assess the potential effects on the environment from current and ongoing Navy activities as well as from potential adjustments in training and testing activities as the Navy plans for the future. This EIS/OEIS will assist the Navy in consolidating and renewing regulatory permits and authorizations under various environmental laws and regulations.
The EIS/OEIS also gives the Navy the opportunity to review its procedures to ensure that the benefits of recent scientific and technological advances are applied toward minimizing environmental effects.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 requires federal agencies to examine the direct, indirect and cumulative, or additive, environmental effects of their activities. An EIS is a detailed public document that provides an assessment of the potential effects a federal action may have on the human, natural or cultural environment.
An OEIS is prepared to comply with U.S. Executive Order 12114, Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions, of 1979. The Executive Order requires federal agencies to consider the potential effects of their actions on the environment outside U.S. territorial waters. U.S. territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from shore.
What is so frustrating is the fact that the military cannot even keep track of their nuclear inventory let alone migratory whales.
The U.S. Navy has prepared this Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) to assess the potential effects on the environment from current and ongoing Navy activities as well as from potential adjustments in training and testing activities as the Navy plans for the future. This EIS/OEIS will assist the Navy in consolidating and renewing regulatory permits and authorizations under various environmental laws and regulations.
The EIS/OEIS also gives the Navy the opportunity to review its procedures to ensure that the benefits of recent scientific and technological advances are applied toward minimizing environmental effects.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 requires federal agencies to examine the direct, indirect and cumulative, or additive, environmental effects of their activities. An EIS is a detailed public document that provides an assessment of the potential effects a federal action may have on the human, natural or cultural environment.
An OEIS is prepared to comply with U.S. Executive Order 12114, Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions, of 1979. The Executive Order requires federal agencies to consider the potential effects of their actions on the environment outside U.S. territorial waters. U.S. territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from shore.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest
Attention: HSTT EIS/OEIS Project Manager – EV21.CS
1220 Pacific Highway, Building 1, Floor 3
San Diego, CA 92132-5190
Training should be done on the shores and ocean in California. There sensor systems will damage the fishing natural areas. There is very little concern for our migratory biome in the Pacific Ocean. Freedom of the sea have always been respected by many countries. High seas was always in harmony.
Is this fantasy or a threat to peaceful human and possible complete destruction to Hawaii Pacific.
We should be reminded about the accident that had happened near our shores, the question is will the Navy also too, cause or duplicate their actions in the open Sea?
: Ehime Maru Victims Remembered
February 9th is still an unforgettable date in Hawaii and in Japan. It's the date of the tragic accident between Uwajima Fishery High School training ship Ehime Maru and U.S. Navy Submarine USS Greeneville. On that day eleven years ago, nine Japanese crewmembers lost their lives, including four students. This year, three of the bereaved families attended a memorial service at Kakaako Waterfront Park, the site of the memorial erected in honor of the lost crew.
The service began with a prayer provided by Palolo Hongwanji's Reverend Irene Matsumoto. At precisely 1:43 p.m. (the time of the accident), a moment of silence was observed for the lost crew. Afterwards, flower wreaths were presented by the Consul General of Japan, Honorable Yoshihiko Kamo, followed by wreaths from the Governor of Ehime, Mayor of Uwajima City (home port of the Ehime Maru), Ehime-Hawaii Friendship Association, and the Ehime Maru Memorial Association. Mayor Hirohisa Ishibashi of Uwajima attended the event and provided words of solace to those gathered. Following the short ceremony bereaved family members and friends draped leis over the memorial and provided food offerings to the deceased.
The Ehime Maru Memorial Association, associated with the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, maintains the memorial, assists the bereaved with annual memorial services, and promotes Ehime-Hawaii relations through educational and cultural programs. More information can be found on the JASH websitehttp://jashawaii.org/emma.asp.