EIS Scoping Meetings for Stryker Brigades

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Scoping Meetings to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
for the permanent stationing of the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT)

The Department of the Army (DA) announces scoping meetings to engage public participation in the environmental impact statement process that will address the permanent stationing of the 5th SBCT (currently the designated as the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division) in Hawaii and other reasonable alternate locations. The SBCT is a maneuver brigade that includes infantry, artillery, engineers, and other Army specialties; approximately 4,000 soldiers, 1,000 vehicles, including 320 Strykers. The DA is preparing this SEIS in accordance with the Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's guidance under NEPA to examine a fuller range of alternatives for the proposed actions associated with the transformation of the 2nd Brigade 25th Infantry Division Light that was the action selected in the 2004 Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision.

Public Scoping meetings on Oahu and Big Island will be held at and on the dates and times listed below. The public will have the opportunity to provide input on what they would like the SEIS to address as it pertains to the DA's proposal for the permanent stationing of the 5th SBCT. Public comments will be accepted through February 19 and can be submitted in writing to the individual named below.

Waianae District Park Multi-Purpose Building
85-601 Farrington Highway
Waianae, Hawaii 96792
January 29, 2007
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Kawananakoa Intermediate School
49 Funchal Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
January 30, 2007
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Haleiwa Elementary School
66-505 Haleiwa Road
Haleiwa, Hawaii 96712
January 31, 2007
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Waikoloa Elementary School
68-1730 Ho`oko Street
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
February 1, 2007
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Waiakea Intermediate School
200 West Puainako Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
February 2, 2007
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Send written comments to or request additional information from:

Mr. Robert DiMichele, Chief, Public Affairs Office, US Army Environmental Command, Building E4460, 5179 Hoadley Road, Attention: IMAE-PA, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5401, telephone: 410-436- 2556, facsimile: 410-436-1693, e-mail: robert.dimichele@us.army.mil.

Update: Army Times has an AP article on the scoping meetings. Advertiser also.

Posted: Tue - January 23, 2007 at 02:55 PM

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