July 4, 2020
Mlembi wa Zachitetezo a Mark T. Esper
Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo
Mlembi wa Navy Richard V. Spencer
Dipatimenti Yankhondo
Nora Macariola-Onani
Naval Equipment Engineering Command Pacific
258 Makalapa Dr, Suite 100
Pearl Harbour, Hawaii 96860-3134
Re: Kuphunzitsa ndi Kuyesa Mayeso Otsiriza a EIS / OEIS Pomaliza
Okondedwa Olemba Zolemba Esper ndi Spencer ndi Ms. Macariola-Onani:
Ndife gulu lalikulu la akatswiri, owunikira asitikali, owalimbikitsa, komanso akatswiri ena ankhondo ochokera kudera lina lachipembedzo omwe akulemba mothandizidwa kwambiri ndi kusanthula ndi nkhawa zomwe zafotokozedwa ndi Our Common Wealth 670 (a nonpartisan Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI) gulu lothandiza anthu ammudzi) poyankha US Navy's Mariana Islands Training and Testing Final Supplemental EIS / OEIS.
Tikugawana nkhawa yathu ya Common Wealth 670 kuti Navy sinakwaniritse zofuna za National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). Timalumikizana ndi Common Wealth 670 pakuchirikiza:
1) "kuteteza dziko lathu, nyanja zam'mlengalenga ndi zakuthambo kuti zisawonongedwe" ndi zochitika zonse za US Navy, ndi
2) kuyimitsidwa kwa maphunziro onse oyesedwa, kuyezetsa, masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndi zochitika zina (mwachitsanzo, "palibe chochita") mpaka Gulu Lankhondo liziwonetsa mwasayansi kuti "sipanakhalepo kapena sipadzakhala chiwonetsero chamtsogolo chamtsogolo, kapena zowonjezereka. zimakhudza malo [a Mariana Islands '] agombe lanyanja kuchokera kumoto wamoto komanso malo ophulika bomba. ” Tikuwona kuti Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo la US ndi gulu lankhondo laku US likuwonetsa motalika kwambiri, lili ndi mbiri yokhudza kuipitsa madzi, dothi, ndi mpweya kudutsa zilumba za Mariana ndikuwononga thanzi la anthu amderali.1
Mamembala a Overseas Base Realignment and Cllock Coalition (OBRACC) adaphunzira ndikulemba zambiri zokhudzana ndi asitikali ankhondo aku US aku tsidya lina ndikuwathandiza pa madera omwe akukhala. Mamembala angapo a OBRACC akhala akatswiri pazaka zambiri. Pamodzi, tafalitsa nkhani zambiri ndi malipoti, mabuku osachepera asanu ndi atatu, ndi zofalitsa zina zazikulu malinga ndi kafukufuku wathu.
Mtsinje Wachigawo cha Kumidzi ndi Kugwirizana Kwambiri
OBRACC imathandizira kuwunikira kwa Our Common Wealth 670 polemba zosautsa zingapo zovuta, zosasinthika pakuwunika kwa gulu lankhondo la Navy za chiwopsezo chowonjezereka cha ntchito yankhondo ku Marianas. Tili ndi nkhawa kwambiri kuti:
1) Final Supplemental EIS / OEIS siyikukwana mokwanira zaumoyo wa anthu komanso zomwe sizingachitike ndiumunthu pazoyeseza za Navy maphunziro ndi ntchito zoyesa m'dera la Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area (MITT). Makamaka, tikukhudzidwa ndi zovuta zaumoyo wa maboma a Navy ndi zina zoyipitsidwa ndi Navy pa anthu azilumba za Mariana, ambiri omwe amadalira nyama zam'madzi zomwe zimakololedwa m'madzi amenewa ngati chakudya choyambirira.
2) Chuma chathu chachuma 670 chimalembera kulephera kwa a Navy kuchita moyenera, kusanthula bwino kwa asayansi za vuto la kuipitsidwa chifukwa cha ntchito za Nkhondo ku MITT. Gulu lankhondo nawonso likuwoneka kuti likunyalanyaza maphunziro omwe asayansi apezeka omwe akukayikira lingaliro la Navy kuti ntchito zake zamtsogolo sizingakhale ndi vuto lililonse.
3) Asitikali ankhondo amakhudzana ndi momwe ntchito ya Navy imathandizira pakupezeka kwa chakudya, makamaka zakudya zam'madzi, zomwe sizimakhazikitsidwa pofufuza kwasayansi pankhaniyi. Misewu yopanda ma uwisi, yopanda zitsanzo, yomwe imanenedwa kuti ndi maziko a Navy kuti palibe zotsatira zaumoyo wa munthu sizingopita ngati zomwe asayansi apeza. Gulu lankhondo silikuwoneka kuti likutenga maphunziro asayansi omwe adalipo ndi a Gary Denton ndi anzawo omwe akupezeka kuti akuipitsidwa kwambiri ndi zinyalala zakale komanso kuipitsidwa kwina kwa asitikali2. Monga magazini yathu ya Common Wealth 670 imanenera, Navy sikugwiritsanso ntchito chidziwitso chachilendo cha zakudya zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu a Marianas omwe amapitilira nsomba zowonjezera za pelagic.
4) Chuma chathu chachuma 670 chimalembera kulephera kwa gulu lankhondo kuti aunike zomwe zikuwoneka kuti zayipitsidwa pa nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Kafukufuku wasayansi awonetsa kuwonongeka kwakwanthawi kochepa kozungulira chilengedwe kuyambira Nkhondo Yadziko II. Gulu Lankhondo likutsimikizira kuti palibe zovuta zazikulu zathanzi popanda kupereka deta pazomwe zili zodetsa zoyambira kapena kuwonjezeka komwe kumayembekezeredwa pakuphunzitsidwa ndi ntchito za Navy zamtsogolo.
Potseka, tikupemphetsanso a Navy ndi Pentagon kuti asamalire mosamalitsa ku ndemanga ya Our Common Wealth 670, monga momwe NEPA ikufunira, ndikuletsa zonse zomwe zakonzedwa mpaka Gulu Lankhondo litawonetsa kuti zochitika zake sizidzayambitsa mwachindunji, m'njira zosamveka , kapena kuwononga zachilengedwe ku Marianas Islands.
Mamembala athu amapezeka kuti ayankhe mafunso omwe mungakhale nawo. Chonde lemberani Dr. David Vine pa vin@american.edu kapena 202-885-2923.
modzipereka,
Mtsinje Wachigawo cha Kumidzi ndi Kugwirizana Kwambiri
Mgwirizano wa mamembala omwe alembedwa pansipa ndi zolinga zongodziwitsa.
Medea Benjamin, CoDirector, CODEPINK
Leah Bolger, CDR, US Navy (Ref.), Purezidenti World BEYOND War
Cynthia Enloe, Pulofesa Wofufuza, Yunivesite ya Clark
A John Feffer ndi director of Foreign Policy Ku Focus
Joseph Gerson, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, International Peace Bureau
Kate Kizer, Director Director, Wopanda Nkhondo
Barry Klein, Ndondomeko Yowona Zakunja
John Lindsay-Poland, wolemba ma Emperor ku Jungle: Mbiri Yobisika ya US ku
Panama (Duke University Press)
Catherine Lutz, Pulofesa wa Anthropology ndi International Study, Brown University
Miriam Pemberton, Wogwirizanitsa Ndi Anzake, Sukulu Yophunzitsa Maphunziro
Delbert Spurlock, Uphungu Wamkulu Wankhondo waku US 1981-1983; ASA M & A 1983-1989.
David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War
David Vine, Pulofesa wa Anthropology, American University
Allan Vogel, Ndondomeko Yowona Zakunja
Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Col, Asitikali aku US (Ret.) / Yemwe anali Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin
Powell / Kuyendera Pulofesa wa Boma ndi Public Policy, College of William ndi Mary
1. Onani, mwachitsanzo, Catherine Lutz, "Gulu Lankhondo Laku US ku Guam Padziko Lonse," The Asia-Pacific Journal, 30-3-10, Julayi 26, 2010, https://apjjf.org/-Catherine-Lutz/ 3389 / nkhani.html; David Vine, Base Nation: Momwe Magulu Ankhondo aku US Kunja Akuvutitsira America ndi Dziko Lapansi (Metropolitan Books, 2015), mutu. 7; ndipo onani 2.
2. Gary RW Denton, et al., "Impact of WWII Dumpsites on Saipan (CNMI): Hard Metal Status of Dothi ndi Sediments," Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 (2016): 11339-11348; Gary RW Denton, et al., Heavy Metal Test of Sediments and Selected Biota from American Memorial Park Nearshore Waters, Saipan, (CNMI), WERI Project Completion Report-Cooperative Ecosystems Unit, 2018; Gary RW Denton, et al., "Zovuta za Dera Lapagombe mu Trapura Lagoon pa Trace Metal Concentrations Kuzungulira Marine Biota: Kafukufuku Wophunzira kuchokera ku Saipan, Commonwealth yaku North Mariana Islands (CNMI)," Marine Pollution Bulletin 25 (2009) ) 424-455.
