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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>from below;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>The Navy is all set to say that Mendocino County will not be impacted by Navy training. However, the FEIS states that<br>sonar and other warfare testing will be conducted by the Navy in all areas even during gray whale and fish migrations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Beth Robinson Bosk [mailto:nsi@mcn.org] </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:info@californiaskywatch.com" title="info@californiaskywatch.com">Rosalind Peterson</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:sanutter@mcn.org" title="sanutter@mcn.org">Susan Nutter</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Thursday, December 16, 2010 6:04 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Additional Note from Rosalind December 16, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>December 16, 2010<br><br>Dear Susan:<br><br>When people attend rallies they sometimes don't know what to ask the Navy...and also they haven't read the<br>Navy Final Environmental Impact Statement, the Navy Record of Decision, and other documents. When we prepared<br>some optional questions for the Navy...we gave page numbers in the documents and direct quotes from letters written<br>by our elected officials and other information with some background documentation. This helped many to understand<br>more clearly the issues during the rally and before the meeting. <br><br>The group in Humboldt County made the rally educational as much as possible so that those who attended were not<br>just protesting but were putting the Navy on the spot with their questions...thus, the media coverage was good and<br>very pointed...the Navy tried to deny many items but the page numbers and documents spoke for themselves when<br>those items were used as a basis for questions...others asked great questions as well.<br><br>The Navy is all set to say that Mendocino County will not be impacted by Navy training. However, the FEIS states that<br>sonar and other warfare testing will be conducted by the Navy in all areas even during gray whale and fish migrations.<br>This will have an impact in our area as the Navy Southern California and Hawaiian 5-Year warfare testing program has been<br>ongoing for over a year in both places. The Navy yesterday did not want to talk about those areas and kept making the<br>statement that the NWTRC was not part of those warfare areas...even though the testing the will be conducted in the NWTRC<br>is almost identical (per EIS documents), with those areas.<br><br>The impacts from Southern California and Hawaii 5-Year warfare testing will be exacerbated by the addition of new weapons<br>system testing in the NWTRC, use of sonar, bomb blasts, etc. The Navy clearly did not want to talk about those other areas because<br>it brings to public attention that we are not the only area with this type of ongoing military warfare exercises. These and other<br>questions pressed the Navy hard to find answers to our questions. <br><br>And one questions that stumped them the most was about where they were going to dump the toxic chemicals and debris<br>used in the NWTRC. They didn't know the answer. In addition, they could not identify any safe areas where chemicals could<br>be released safely in the ocean even though they state clearly in their FEIS that some items were to be dumped overboard.<br><br>When questioned the Navy also denied that any of the toxic chemicals listed and used in the NWTRC were hazardous and<br>that they would have no effect on the environment or marine life. One person read a list of chemicals at this point and the<br>Navy reiterated that they were all safe...mercury, cadmium, lead, red phosphorus, etc. Several people who called me last<br>night said that the Navy appeared to be in denial most of the time. <br><br>I just wanted to prepare you for this event ahead of time. It would be good to press the Navy with our own information<br>from their documents. Also Congressman Thompson's letter of October 8, 2010, to the Navy is good to reference as well as<br>Dr. Lubchenco's statement from the meeting here on December 9, 2010, in Ukiah. <br><br>My mom is having a lot of difficulties which precludes me from making many trips. However, if she seems better today<br>and her friend will come and be with her while I am gone...I will be there.<br><br>Just in case - good luck...thank you very much for all you do. The video that you sent was great - and I sent it out everywhere<br>as well...just to see the reaction...it was good. <br><br>Just a note to let you know that our next actions in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, will be to pressure <br>Congressman Thompson and respective senators to have NOAA rescind their Permit and Letter of Authorization to the <br>Navy until such time as the workshops/working groups are held in Northern California with regard to the use of sonar<br>in our area and protecting our biologically sensitive areas. They should be held here as soon as possible and we should<br>bring that up here with our supervisors...also when I handed thousands of petitions to Dr. Lubchenco of NOAA I made<br>sure to ask for NOAA to rescind their permit and have the workshops here ASAP. <br><br>Humboldt County, Marin County, and Sonoma County residents will be making the same requests to their supervisors<br>this week as well. We are hoping that this can come up on the agenda with their next meetings...also we should continue<br>to encourage Congressman Thompson and our senators to work for U.S. Senate Hearings. We shall see.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>