Subject: (PAVE PAWS) Missile Defense EIS Available (Judges) (fwd)
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 223945 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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........It is not clear to me that PAVE PAWS and HAARP are related??
Are they?? See note to Judges below......
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)......
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 20:35:45 -0700
From: Walter McGinnis
To: "Roy L. Beavers"
Subject: Re: Missile Defense EIS Available (Judges)
Hi Again Roy,
If the Judges wish to find out what the US Military is doing With
Electromagnetic Weaponary I suggest they pay a visit to the alternative
HAARP Sites particulary Nick Begich's HAARP site. Bye Walt At 10:57 PM
10/14/1999 -0500, you wrote:
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:50:42 -0000
>From: judges
>To: Roy Beavers
>Subject: Fw: Missile Defense EIS Available
>
>Dear Roy,
> I am forwarding information on the National Missile Defense Program.
>The Draft EIS was released on October 6th. The Draft EIS is only concerned
>about environmental effects of the proposed new construction. "Addendums"
>to the EIS are being prepared for the 3 PAVE PAWS early warning radars on
>Cape Cod, Beale Air Force Base in CA and Clear Air Station in Alaska.
> Of particular interest is the fact that the health effects of the
>proposed X-Band radar are glossed over. As you know here on Cape Cod we are
>calling for the decommissioning of the PAVE PAWS and for it to be moved to
>an unpopulated site. We are told that the "addendum" being prepared for the
>PAVE PAWS will only be for the proposed upgrades to PAVE PAWS which they are
>telling us are just hardware and software upgrades. The Air Force is
>saying the peak and average power won't change. We are calling for a full,
>site specific EIS for the PAVE PAWS on Cape Cod. The "Unresolved Issues" of
>20 years must be addressed.
>Sincerely,
>Sharon Judge
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lenny Siegel
>To: cpeo-military@igc.org
>Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 3:43 PM
>Subject: Missile Defense EIS Available
>
>
>>IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 1999 (703)697-5737(public/industry)
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>>NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
>>DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT RELEASED
>>
>>The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's National Missile Defense
>>(NMD) Joint Program Office announced today the public availability of
>>the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for potential
>>ground-based system element sites in North Dakota and Alaska. No
>>decision has been made to deploy a NMD system, nor has a decision been
>>made regarding the selection of a basing location.
>>
>>The President is scheduled to make a deployment decision next summer
>>after a Deployment Readiness Review conducted by the Department of
>>Defense. The President's decision will be based upon the technical
>>success of the NMD testing program; analysis of the ballistic missile
>>threat to the U.S.; system cost and the status of arms reduction
>>negotiations with Russia. The potential environmental impacts of
>>deploying and operating the NMD system will also be considered. The NMD
>>decision will include the selection of deployment sites from among the
>>alternatives considered in the Final EIS, which is scheduled for
>>completion next Spring.
>>
>>The Draft EIS is the result of more than a year of extensive analysis of
>>potential environmental impacts which could occur due to the proposed
>>action of locating up to 100 ground-based interceptor missiles in
>>underground silos in North Dakota and/or Alaska. Also analyzed were the
>>potential impacts resulting from construction of a new X-Band Radar,
>>which would be used to perform tracking, discrimination and target hit
>>assessments of incoming ballistic missile warheads. Under the proposed
>>action, only one X-Band Radar would be constructed. The DEIS evaluates
>>the potential impacts associated only with new construction activities,
>>and does not include analysis of existing space-based early warning
>>sensors and ground-based early warning radars. It also does not include
>>site-specific analysis of new communications systems which could be
>>built at a later date. The early warning elements and site-specific
>>analysis of new communications systems will be covered by future
>>environmental documentation.
>>
>>The sites analyzed are:
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>>Ground Based Interceptor and Battle Management, Command and Control
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>>Clear Air Station, Alaska
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>>Fort Greely, Alaska
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>>Yukon Training Area/Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
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>>Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.
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>>Missile Site Radar, N.D.
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>>X-Band Radar Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (Aleutians)
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>>Cavalier Air Station, N.D.
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>>Missile Site Radar, N.D.
>>
>>Remote Sprint Launch Sites 1, 2, 4, N.D.
>>
>>Overall, the expected environmental impacts resulting from potential NMD
>>deployment are minimal. Areas analyzed in the DEIS include: potential
>>electromagnetic radiation effects to airspace, biological resources, and
>>humans from operation of the X-Band Radar; construction and operation
>>impacts on vegetation, wildlife, threatened and endangered species,
>>wetlands and fisheries; health and safety issues to the public
>>associated with transportation and operation of the Ground-Based
>>Interceptor; potential impacts to geology and soils and water resources;
>>noise related impacts from both construction and operation; increases in
>>hazardous waste generation and air emissions; and socioeconomic impacts
>>and benefits resulting from both construction and operation of the NMD
>>system.
>>
>>Public hearings are scheduled to take place in North Dakota, Alaska and
>>Arlington, Va. in late October to mid November. The comment period on
>>the Draft EIS will close on November 15, 1999. These hearings will
>>permit state and local government agencies, interest groups and citizens
>>to comment on the Draft EIS, and their comments will be reviewed,
>>considered and included in the Final EIS.
>>
>>News media inquiries should be directed to Lt. Col. Rick Lehner, BMDO
>>External Affairs, at (703) 604-3186. All other inquiries, as well as
>>requests for copies of the EIS, should be directed to Julia Hudson, U.S.
>>Army Space and Missile Defense Command, at (256) 955-4822. The EIS can
>>also be accessed on the Internet at www.acq.osd.mil/bmdo .
>>--
>>
>>
>>Lenny Siegel
>>Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
>>c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
>>Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
>>Fax: 650/968-1126
>>lsiegel@cpeo.org
>>http://www.cpeo.org
>>
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