Iulai 4, 2020
Failautusi o le puipuiga Mark T. Esper
Matagaluega o Puipuiga
Failautusi o le Neivi Richard V. Spencer
Matagaluega o le Neivi
Nora Macariola-Vaʻai
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pasefika
258 Makalapa Drive, Suiga 100
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-3134
Re: Faʻailoga a Mariana Islands Faʻataʻitaʻiga ma le suʻega Faʻaiʻuga faʻaopoopo EIS / OEIS Faʻamatalaga lautele
Failautusi pele Esper ma Spencer ma Ms. Macariola-Vaai:
O matou o se vaega lautele o tagata atamamai, o au o le au atamamai, o fautua, ma isi vaega o le vaega a le au fitafita mai isi itu o faiga faaupufai o loo tusia i le lagolagoina malosi o le auiliiliga ma atugaluga na faaalia e Our Common Wealth 670 CNMI) faʻavae aʻoga i totonu o nuʻu) e tali atu ai i le US Navy's Mariana Islands Training and Testing Final Supplemental EIS / OEIS.
Matou te fefaʻasoaaʻi ma le Common Common Wealth 670 o le popolega ona e leʻi faʻataunuʻuina e le Navy manaoga o le National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) gaioiga. Matou te faʻatasi ma le Common Wealth 670 i le fautuaina mo:
1) "le puipuia o lo tatou laueleele, sami ma le lagi mai le sili atu le ono mafai ona afaina" e soʻo se tasi ma uma US Navy gaioiga, ma
2) le faʻamaloloina o aʻoaʻoga uma, faʻataʻitaʻiga, faʻataʻitaʻiga, ma isi gaioiga (o lea, o le "leai se gaioiga" isi) seʻi vagana ua mafai ona faʻaalia e le Neivi faʻasaienisi e faapea "e leai se mea pe i ai foi se lumanaʻi tuʻusaʻo, tuusaʻo, pe faʻaputuputu afaina i [Mariana Islands '] lata mai siosiomaga mai ola ola afi ma pomu. ” Matou te matauina o le US Navy ma le vaegaau a Amerika o loʻo i ai i se tulaga lautele ua leva ona iai, faʻamaumauga talaʻaga o loʻo faʻaleagaina ai le vai, eleele, ma le ea i le isi itu o Mariana Islands ma faʻaleagaina ai le soifua maloloina o tagata o le itulagi.1
O sui o le Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition (OBRACC) ua tele suesuega ma tusitusi e uiga i US militeri nofoaga i fafo ma o latou aʻafiaga i nuu i le lotoifale ma siosiomaga. E tele tagata OBRACC o ni tagata atamamai mo le tele o tausaga. Aoina, matou lolomiina le tele o tala ma lipoti, le itiiti ifo i le valu tusi, ma isi tele lomiga i luga o le faavae o la matou suesuega.
Faʻatulagaina o le Faʻatulagaina o Faʻamaumauga ma Faʻasalalauga
E lagolagoina e le OBRACC le auiliiliga o le tatou Common Wealth 670 i le faʻamaumauga o mea faigata, taua o le auʻiliʻiliga o le Neivi o le ono aʻafia o le faʻateleina o gaioiga a le militeri i Marianas. Tatou te popole faapitoa faapea:
1) O le Faʻaopopoga Faʻaopopo EIS / OEIS e le o soʻona faʻatautaia le lelei o le soifua maloloina o tagata ma mea e le o ni tagata soifua aʻafiaga o aʻoaʻoga a le Navy ma gaioiga faʻataʻitaʻiga i le Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area (MITT). Aemaise lava, matou te popole e uiga i le soifua maloloina aafiaga o auupega a le Navy ma isi mea filogia a le Neivi i tagata o atumotu Mariana, o le tele o latou e faalagolago i meaola o le sami ua seleseleina mai nei vai o se punaoa muamua meaai.
2) O le tatou Common Wealth 670 ua faʻamauina ai le le mafai e le Neivi ona faʻatautaia lelei, saʻiliʻili faʻasaienisi faʻataʻitaʻiga o le faʻafitauli o le faʻaleagaina e mafua mai i gaioiga a le Navy i le MITT. O le Neivi e foliga mai ua le amanaiaina suesuega faasaienisi o loo iai e fesiligia le faaiuga a le Neivi e faapea o le a le afaina ai gaioiga o le militeri i le lumanai.
3) O le Navy faia faʻamatalaga e uiga i le aʻafiaga o gaioiga a le Navy i luga o taumafa sapalai, aemaise lava meaʻai ile sami, e le faʻavaeina ile suʻesuʻega faasaienisi o le mataupu. O le leai-quantitative, non-sampling-based maitau scans o lo o fai mai o le faavae mo le faaiuga a le Neivi e leai se aoga soifua maloloina tagata e le pasia muster o se sailiiliga faasaienisi. O le Navy e foliga mai e le o iai matua ogaoga suesuega faasaienisi e Gary Denton ma ana uo mauaina ogaoga afaina mai mea ua tuanai auupega lapisi nofoaga ma isi militeli afaina.2. E pei ona faʻailoa mai e le Our Common Wealth 670, e le faʻaaogaina foi e le Neivi avanoa faʻapitoa e uiga i mea taumafa na faʻaaoga e tagata o le Marianas lea e ova i tua atu o pelagic fish filets.
4) O le tatou Common Wealth 670 ua faʻamauina ai le le mafai e le Navy ona suʻesuʻe le faʻaputuputu o aʻafiaga o mea faʻamalosia nei tafaoga mai i le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi. Ua faamaonia mai suʻesuʻega faasaienisi le faaauau pea o le ogaoga o le faaleagaina o le siosiomaga talu mai le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi. Tautinoina o le Neivi e leai ni faʻafitauli taua o le soifua maloloina e aunoa ma le faʻaalia o faʻamatalaga i luga o le vaʻalele tulaga muamua poʻo le siitaga o faʻamoemoeina ma lumanaʻi aʻoga Navy ma aʻoaʻoga gaioiga.
I le tapunia, matou toe aioi atu i le Neivi ma le Pentagon ina ia mataala ma le totoʻa i manatu o la tatou Common Wealth 670, e pei ona manaʻomia e le NEPA, ma ia faʻamatuʻu uma gaioiga fuafuaina seʻia vagana ua mafai ona faʻaalia e le Navy o ana gaioiga o le a le mafua ai le tuusaʻo, le tuusaʻo , poʻo se faʻaopoopoga faʻaleagaina o le siosiomaga i Marianas Islands.
O loʻo avanoa tagata o le ekalesia e tali fesili o loʻo ia te oe. Faʻamolemole faʻafesoʻotaʻi Dr. David Vine i le vine@american.edu poʻo le 202-885-2923.
le faamaoni lava,
Faʻatulagaina o le Faʻatulagaina o Faʻamaumauga ma Faʻasalalauga
Mafuaʻaga o sui o loʻo lisiina atu i lalo e mo naʻo faʻailoga iloa.
Medai Benjamin, CoDirector, CODEPINK
Leah Bolger, CDR, US Navy (Ret.), Peresitene World BEYOND War
Cynthia Enloe, Professor Research, Clark University
John Feffer o le faatonu o Foreign Policy In Focus
Joseph Gerson, Sui Peresetene, International Peace Bureau
Kate Kizer, Faatonu Faiga Faavae, Manumalo e aunoa ma le taua
Barry Klein, Faiga Faavae Faiga Faavae
John Lindsay-Polani, o le tusitala o le Emperors in the Jungle: The Hidden History of the US i
Panama (Duke University Press)
Catherine Lutz, Polofesa o le Vaʻai Faʻatasi ma Suʻesuʻega Faʻavaomalo, Brown University
Miriam Pemberton, Uso Lagolago, Institute for Policy Policy
Delbert Spurlock, US Army General Counsel 1981-1983; ASA M&A 1983-1989.
David Swanson, Faatonu Sili, World BEYOND War
David Vine, Polofesa o Anetropologi, American University
Allan Vogel, Faiga Faavae Faiga Faavae
Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Col., US Army (Ret.) / Sa avea muamua ma Ofisa Sili o le Aufaigaluega i le Failautusi o le Setete Colin
Powell / Faiaʻoga Polofesa a le Malo ma Faiga Faavae a le Malo, Kolisi o William ma Mary
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