July 4, 2020
Mongoli oa Ts'ireletso Mark T. Esper
Lefapha la Tšireletso
Mongoli oa Navy Richard V. Spencer
Lefapha la Navy
Nora Macariola-Bona
Naval Equipment Engineering Command Pacific
258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100
Pearl Harbour, Hawaii 96860-3134
Re: Koetliso ea ho qetela ea Mariana Islands le liteko tsa tlatsetso ea ho qetela ea EIS / OEIS ea Sechaba
Bahlomphehi ba Bangoli Esper le Spencer le Mme Macariola-Bona:
Re sehlopha se akaretsang sa litsebi, bahlahlobi ba sesole, babuelli ba litaba, le litsebi tse ling tsa sesole tse tsoang hohle makhotleng a lipolotiki ba ngotseng tšehetso e matla ea ho sekaseka le ho tšoenyeha ho hlahisitsoeng ke 'Nete ea rona ea We Weer 670 (nonpartisan Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI) mokhatlo o hlophisitsoeng oa sechaba) ha o arabela ho US Navy's Mariana Islands Training and Testing Final Supplemental EIS / OEIS.
Re arolelana letsoalo la rona la Common Wealth 670 la hore Sesole ha se phethe thato ea Morero oa Ts'ireletso ea Tikoloho ea Naha. Re ikopanya le Wealth ea rona e tloaelehileng 670 ho buella:
1) "ts'ireletso ea lefats'e la rona, maoatle le leholimo hore li se ke tsa silafala" ke mesebetsi efe kapa efe ea Sesole sa US, le
2) ho emisoa ha thupelo eohle e reriloeng, liteko, boikoetliso, le mesebetsi e meng (ke ho re, "ha ho na letho") ho fihlela Sesole se ka bonts'a saense hore "ha ho so ka ho ba teng kapa hona ho ba le bokamoso bo bohlokoa bo tobileng, bo sa tobang, kapa bo kopaneng tšusumetso e tikolohong e haufi le lebōpo ea leoatle e tsoang mollong o chesang le libomo. ” Rea hlokomela hore Sesole sa US le US mabotho a hlometseng ka mokhoa o pharaletseng a na le bolelele, a tlaleha nalane ea metsi a litšila, mobu le moea ho pholletsa le Lihlekehleke tsa Mariana le ho senya bophelo ba batho ba tikolohong eo.1
Litho tsa Mokhatlo oa Sebetsa sa 'Muso oa Overseas Base le Tlhaloso ea Ts'ebetso (OBRACC) li ithutile le ho ngola haholo ka likheo tsa sesole tsa US mose ho maoatle le ka litlamorao tsa tsona ho sechaba sa tikoloho le tikoloho. Litho tse 'maloa tsa OBRACC e bile litsebi ka mashome a lilemo. Ka kopanelo, re phatlalalitse lingoliloeng le litlaleho tse ngata, bonyane libuka tse robeli le lingoliloeng tse ling tse kholo motheong oa lipatlisiso tsa rona.
Lebaka la Basebeletsi ba Libaka tsa Bochabela le Boipheliso ba Khotso
OBRACC e ts'ehetsa ho hlahlojoa ha Wealth We Common 670 ea ho ngola liphoso tse 'maloa tse sithabetsang, tse matla tsa tlhahlobo ea Navy mabapi le litlamorao tsa ts'ebetso ea sesole ho Marianas. Re amehile ka ho khetheha hore:
1) EIS / OEIS ea ho qetela e sa sebetse ka nepo litšebeliso tsa tikoloho ea batho le litlamorao tse seng tsa batho tsa koetliso ea Navy le liteko tsa tikoloho sebakeng sa Mariana Islands Training and Testing Area (MITT). Ka ho khetheha, re amehile ka litlamorao tsa bophelo bo botle ba likoluoa tsa Navy le tse ling tse silafatsang Navy ho batho ba lihlekehleke tsa Mariana, bao boholo ba bona ba itšetlehileng ka liphoofolo tsa metsing tse kotuloang metsing ana e le mohloli oa lijo oa mantlha.
2) Wealth ea rona e tloaelehileng 670 e tlaleha ho hloleha ha Sesole sa Metsing ho etsa tlhahlobo e nepahetseng, e phethahetseng ea saense ea bothata ba tšilafalo e bakiloeng ke mesebetsi ea Navy ho MITT. Sesole se tšoanang le sona se bonahala se hlokomolohile lithuto tsa mahlale tse teng tse belaetsang qeto ea Navy ea hore mesebetsi ea eona ea sesole e tlang e ke ke ea ba le letho.
3) Sesole sa Metsing se etsa liqoso mabapi le tšusumetso ea mesebetsi ea Navy ka phepelo ea lijo, haholo lijo tsa maoatleng, tse sa ipapisitseng le thuto ea mahlale mabapi le taba ena. Methapo ea dive e se nang palo, e sa fetoleng sampole e tsejoang e le motheo oa sephetho sa Navy sa hore ha ho na phello ea bophelo bo botle ba motho ha e felle feela joaloka phumano ea mahlale. Sesole ha se bonahale se nka lithuto tsa mahlale tse teng ka hloko ke Gary Denton le basebetsi mmoho le yena ba fumanang litšila tse tebileng ho tsoa ho li-dumpsites tsa munitions tse fetileng le ts'ilafalo e meng ea sesole.2. Joalo ka ha Wealth ea rona e Tloaelehileng e supa, Navy le eona ha e sebelise tlhaiso-leseling e fumanehang habonolo mabapi le mehloli ea lijo e sebelisoang ke batho ba Marianas e fetisang hole lifaele tsa litlhapi tsa pelagic.
4) Morui oa Rona oa 670 o ngola ka ho hloleha ha Sesole sa Metsing ho lekola tšusumetso e matla ea tšilafalo e qalileng Ntoeng ea Bobeli ea Lefatše. Boithuto ba mahlale bo bontšitse botebo bo ntseng bo tsoela pele ba tšenyo ea tikoloho ho tloha Ntoeng ea Bobeli ea Lefatše. Navy e tiisa hore ha ho na mathata a bohlokoa a bophelo bo botle ntle le ho hlahisa lintlha mabapi le maemo a tšoaetsanoang a motheo kapa keketseho e lebelletsoeng ka koetliso ea Navy le liteko tsa nako e tlang.
Ha re phethela, re boetse re khothaletsa Navy le Pentagon hore ba mamele ka hloko litlhaloso tsa Our Wealth 670, joalo ka ha ho batloa ke ts'ebetso ea NEPA, le ho hlakola mesebetsi eohle e reriloeng ho fihlela Navy e ka bonts'a hore mesebetsi ea eona e ke ke ea baka ka kotloloho, eseng ka kotloloho. , kapa likotsi tse mpe tsa tikoloho ho Lihlekehleke tsa Marianas.
Litho tsa rona li teng ho araba lipotso tseo e ka bang le na le tsona. Ka kopo ikopanye le Dr. David Vine ho vin@american.edu kapa 202-885-2923.
ka tieo,
Lebaka la Basebeletsi ba Libaka tsa Bochabela le Boipheliso ba Khotso
Likamano tsa litho tse thathamisitsoeng ka tlase li hlahisoa feela.
Medea Benjamin, CoDirector, CODEPINK
Leah Bolger, CDR, Sesole sa Metsing sa US (Ret.), Mopresidente World BEYOND War
Cynthia Enloe, Moprofesa oa Lipatlisiso, Univesithi ea Clark
John Feffer ke motsamaisi oa Pholisi ea Kantle ho Naha E Shebileng
Joseph Gerson, Motlatsi oa Mopresidente, Bureau ea Machaba ea Khotso
Kate Kizer, Motsamaisi oa Pholisi, Win Win ntle le Ntoa
Barry Klein, Setsi sa Maemo a Kantle ho Naha
John Lindsay-Poland, sengoli sa Emperors in the Jungle: The Hired History of the US in
Panama (Duke University Tobetsa)
Catherine Lutz, Moprofesa oa Anthropology le International Study, Brown University
Miriam Pemberton, Setho sa Momahanya, Setsi sa Lithuto tsa Pholisi
Delbert Spurlock, Moeletsi oa Kakaretso oa Sesole sa US 1981-1983; ASA M & A 1983-1989.
David Swanson, Motsamaisi ea Phethahatso, World BEYOND War
David Vine, Moprofesa oa Anthropology, Univesithi ea Amerika
Allan Vogel, Mokhatlo oa Pholisi ea Kantle ho Naha
Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Col, Sesole sa US (Ret.) / Moetapele oa Basebetsi ho Mongoli oa State Colin
Powell / Ho etela Moprofesa oa Mmuso le Pholisi ea Sechaba, Koleji ea William le Mary
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