[PW] "Scoping Meeting" for the Department of Defense

[Anna Sloan]

Does anyone have any advice / suggestions / recommendations for
contributing library information to a "Scoping Meeting" for the
Department of Defense. In a few short years, Guam is scheduled to have
the 8,000 Marines currently stationed in Okinawa. (And 9,000 family
members) They will be building new base housing and I certainly don't
want them to forget to build libraries too!

All I have heard is -- make your points at the Scoping Meeting! That
nothing is really ever added to the list of concerns (by community
members) after the Scoping Meeting. The big day is next Tuesday and
your help would be greatly appreciated.

Anna Sloan
GPSS Retired
Hagatna, Guam

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What Scoping meetings are:
*        A Scoping Meeting is a process repeated throughout the nation
wherever major federal actions might have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment.
*        Scoping Meetings are an Open House where many visuals are set
up in "information stations" around a large room in a user friendly
environment to assist and facilitate the public's understanding of
what is initially being considered for inclusion in the EIS.
*        This includes a looped slide presentation.

"Information stations" at the Scoping Meeting will have large mounted
posters on:
*        The Notice of Intent
*        An Environmental Impact Statement
*        Purpose of an EIS for this proposed US Marine Corps relocation
*        Purpose of the proposed US Marine Corps move
*        Proposed contents of the EIS...(perceived environmental and
community impacts, etc)

Personnel are on hand at each station for discussion and clarification.
A Chamorro linguist will be present at the scoping meetings.
A computer station will be on site for assistance in offering comments.
There will be a continuous informational slide presentation.

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 Impacts and issues to be addressed in the EIS/OEIS include, but are
not limited to, the following resource areas: Coral and coral reefs,
marine and terrestrial natural resources, including threatened and
endangered species, water quality, noise, land use, airspace
management, fishing, navigation, recreation, historical and cultural
resources, utilities, and socioeconomics.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and Executive Order 12114, the
Department of the Navy (DON) announces its intent to prepare an EIS/
OEIS to evaluate the potential environmental effects associated with
relocating Command, Air, Ground, and Logistics units (which includes
approximately 8,000 service members and 9,000 family members) from
Okinawa, Japan to Guam. The EIS/OEIS will examine potential impacts
from activities associated with the Marine Corps units' relocation to
include operations, training, and infrastructure changes.