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COMMENTS ON HN=3156.1.1 =. J RKIIG DRAST, eNVI2LONMENTAL IMPACT
ETATEMENT £O« A CLeANU? PLAN- OCT. 5, 1973 - mM OGLE:
In genera’, the arsove mentioned dra -t is an excellent and
complete
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of work.
However,
ast: a reviewer of the araft I
take my finction to te to noint out any oslaces where the work
hay be quzstioned in later review.
Thus it snould be clear
‘that the follawing comments are intended to be helpful,
Tnere ar:
a “reat nunber of "nitpicx"
comments that I have
rot felt wort! noting here. For those I have simply annotated
accny of the drart for the use of ESN. However, some more
Substantive comments follow,
l. The tasic shilosonhy chat «ven requires such a stetement is to me somewhat odc,
Clearl: the intent of the pro:osed
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environmental cetriment
by sovi:, the nitives beck. However, we co .'t even own the land,
it celon.s to tic nitives. Thus it seens to me somewhet imoroper
for the (nited States to be judging the imnac v. However, since
the :S as puttis.s ua the soney the reasoning is clear.
Bust the
imoect
Some
jrdscment iy others should tz«e
such
ooint shouje be
rage
in the
this into account.
report?
*erhars
é. In innuscrable instances the report stetes as beneficial
some action cecause it will help the nstive situation. As I see
at, che cuestion is eifect on the environnrent, not on man. Thus
I questi n tre use of t is attitude in the resort. Presuzably,
any tcin. we do at En2vetak atoll is worse environner.tally than
leavin, it alone?
3. In the seme voin, the impact statement scives: the impression
of beins written by soneone who wisles the orovosed ection to tare
misace,th. ertects on odlants and animals sre played down,the benevits
to the notives sre @nohasized. There is very little debate to shaw
that the vnrono3ea retiod of resettlement wroduces the least possible
e-Tect on the invilonszent.( I reveat that I personally consiver the
wiole question silly).
4, In Pese 1-4- Assignrent of resnonsibilities- should the
rights or resrcansibilities of the nstives Le mentionec?
5. Page 3-7 ~ Man-The msp uses the US coae names, while the
text usually uses the native nemes. Should the man also show
native names? Yerhaps the mas should also s’ow the cestroyed
islaids,
6. “ace 5-20 anc elseuhere= Why doesn't the campy size
vary with the slan vickec, ie, the magnituce
tris te exoleined in
the statement?
of the
job? should
7. Psge 5-443 ~ Sh3uld the cost suanaries also incluce
re-settiement costs? I realize these may not be «nown at this
tine
3,.Pazse ¢-1l3- Are the access channels really necessary?
JI believe the ori inal cons .cuction only required the removal
of
some coral hecds
(,. Section 7?- Are there alternate resettlenent plens?
Could :ifferent rezettlenant olans vecuce the environmental
isucact.
10, Pa e€ s-c. I find numerous points in this table in
hich che st; fLomen = is moce that the ection Listec will have
nd enviraonte;ital danect, but it seems to me thet it will. ‘This
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