Julayi 4, 2020
Unobhala Wezomkhosi uMark T. Esper
KwiSebe lezoKhuselo
Unobhala weNavy Richard V. Spencer
ISebe lomkhosi wamanzi
UNora Macariola-Bona
Naval Izixhobo zobunjineli Command Pacific
I-258 Makalapa Drayivu, Suite 100
I-Pearl Harbour, eHawaii 96860-3134
Re: IMariana Islands yoQeqeshi kunye noVavanyo lokuGqibela olongezelelweyo lwe-EIS / OEIS Uluntu
Oonobhala abathandekayo uEsper noSpencer kunye noNks Macariola-Bona:
Siliqela elibanzi labaphengululi, abahlalutyi bemikhosi, abameli, kunye nezinye iingcali kwezomkhosi ezivela kulo lonke upolitiko ababhala bexhasa ngenkxaso yohlalutyo kunye nenkxalabo evezwe yi-Wealth 670 yethu (a nonpartisan Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( I-CNMI) umbutho osekwe kuluntu) ekuphenduleni kwi-US Navy's Mariana Islands Training and Testing Final Supplemental EIS / OEIS.
Sabelana ngexhala lethu eliqhelekileyo le-Wealth 670 yokuba uNavy akafezekanga iimfuno zenkqubo yokukhuselwa kwendalo kuZwelonke. Sijoyina i-Wealth 670 yethu ekhuthazeni:
1) "ukukhuselwa komhlaba wethu, iilwandle kunye nesibhakabhaka ekungcoleni okungaphephekiyo" yiyo nayiphi na eminye imisebenzi yaseMelika, kwaye
2) ukunqunyanyiswa kwalo lonke uqeqesho olucetywayo, uvavanyo, imisebenzi yovavanyo, kunye neminye imisebenzi (okt, "akukho manyathelo" enye) de abe uNomkhosi abonise ngokwenzululwazi ukuba "akuzange kubekho okanye akuyi kubakho lubonelelo lwekamva elibalulekileyo, olungathanga ngqo, okanye lokuqokelelwa Iimpembelelo [zaseMariana Islands '] ezingaselunxwemeni ezivela kumlilo ophakathi kunye neenqanawa zeebhombu. " Siqaphele ukuba i-US Navy kunye nemikhosi yase-US banzi ngokubanzi banobude obude, babhala imbali yokungcolisa amanzi, umhlaba, nomoya ngaphesheya kweZiqithi zaseMariana nokonakalisa impilo yabantu bommandla.1
Amalungu e-Overseas Base Realignment kunye neClassation Coalition (i-OBRACC) afundile kwaye abhala kakhulu malunga neziseko zomkhosi wase-US phesheya kunye neempembelelo zawo kuluntu lwasekhaya kunye nendawo. Amalungu aliqela e-OBRACC sele eneengcaphephe amashumi eminyaka. Sisonke, sipapashe amanqaku amaninzi kunye neengxelo, iincwadi ezisibhozo, kunye nolunye upapasho oluphambili kwisiseko sophando lwethu.
Ulwabiwo lokuQinisekiswa koBuNxweme kunye nokuVala
I-OBRACC ixhasa ukuhlalutya kobutyebi bethu obuqhelekileyo 670 ekubhaleni ubunzima, iingxaki ekusingathweni kohlalutyo lomkhosi wezomkhosi wefuthe elinokubakho lokunyuswa komsebenzi wezomkhosi kwiMarianas. Sichaphazeleka ikakhulu kukuba:
I-1) I-EIS / OEIS yokuGqibela eyongezelelweyo ayichaphazeli ngokwaneleyo impilo yezomntu kunye neempembelelo ezingezizo ezomntu kwezomkhosi woqeqesho lomkhosi wamanzi kunye nemisebenzi yovavanyo kwiNdawo yokuQeqesha kunye nokuHlola iSifundo saseMariana Islands (MITT). Ngokukodwa, sinenkxalabo ngeempembelelo zempilo zokusetyenziswa kweenqanawa zomkhosi wamanzi kunye nokunye ukungcola kwamanzi omNayile kubantu beziqithi zaseMariana, uninzi lwabo oluxhomekeke kwizilwanyana zaselwandle ezivunwa kula manzi njengomthombo wokutya wokuqala.
2) Ubutyebi bethu obuqhelekileyo i-670 ibhala ukungaphumeleli komkhosi weenqanawa ukuqhuba uhlalutyo olufanelekileyo, olunzulu lwesayensi lengxaki yokungcola okubangelwa yimisebenzi yomkhosi wamanzi kwi-MITT. I-Navy ngokufanayo ibonakala ngathi izityeshele izifundo ezikhoyo zesayensi ezenza ukuba umbuzo ka-Navy ugqibe kwelokuba imisebenzi yakhe yasemkhosini yexesha elizayo ayinakuba nempembelelo.
3) Umkhosi wamanzi wenza amabango ngempembelelo yemisebenzi yomkhosi wamanzi kunikezo lokutya, ngakumbi ukutya kwaselwandle, okungasekelwanga kwisayensi yesifundo ngalo mbandela. Izikrozo zedreyini ezingabinganga maninzi, ezingasuswanga kwisampulu ezibangwa njengesiseko sesiphelo somkhosi wamanzi ukuba akukho ziphumo zempilo yomntu azidlulisi njengokufunyanwa kwesayensi. Umkhosi wamanzi awubonakali ngathi uthatha inxaxheba kakhulu kwizifundo zesayensi ezikhoyo nguGary Denton kunye noogxa bakhe ekufumaneni ungcoliseko olunzulu oluvela kwizixhobo zokulahla inkunkuma kunye nolunye ungcoliseko lomkhosi.2. Njengoko ubutyebi bethu obuqhelekileyo i-670 ikhankanya, i-Navy ayisebenzisi ulwazi olukhoyo lwe-ethnographic malunga nemithombo yokutya esetyenziswa ngabantu baseMariana eyandisa ngaphaya kweefayile zeentlanzi ze-pelagic.
I-4) Ubutyebi bethu obuqhelekileyo i-670 ibhala ukungaphumeleli komkhosi wamanzi wokuvavanya iimpembelelo ezongezelekayo zongcoliso olwaqala kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. Izifundo zenzululwazi zibonakalise ukuqhubekeka kobuzaza bokuqhubeka kwezomhlaba ngokusisiseko ukususela kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. Umkhosi wamanzi uqinisekisa ukuba akukho zingxaki zempilo zibalulekileyo ngaphandle kokuchaza idatha nokuba yeyiphi na inqanaba elisisiseko lokungcola okanye ukunyuka okulindelekileyo kuqeqesho lweNavy kunye nemisebenzi yovavanyo.
Xa sivala, sibuye sibongoze Umkhosi wamanzi kunye nePentagon ukuba ibekhona ngononophelo kumagqabantshintshi eNcwadi yesiqhelo ye-670, njengoko kufunwa yinkqubo ye-NEPA, kwaye irhoxise yonke imisebenzi ecwangcisiweyo de abe uNomkhosi abonise ukuba imisebenzi yakhe ayizukubangela ukuba ngqo, ngokungathanga ngqo. , okanye ingozi eyonakalisayo yendalo kwiiZiqithi zeMariana.
Amalungu ethu ayafumaneka ukuze aphendule imibuzo onokuthi unayo. Nceda uqhakamshelane noGqr David Vine kwi-vin@american.edu okanye 202-885-2923.
Ozithobileyo,
Ulwabiwo lokuQinisekiswa koBuNxweme kunye nokuVala
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