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United States : NAVY studies whether to submit permit appeal to use DNR lands in electronic warfare training
Publish Date : 21-Apr-2015
The Navy is continuing to study whether to file a permit appeal for the use of state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) lands for conducting electronic warfare training. It was wrongly reported previously that the Navy had said it will not submit permits after DNR said it had no interest in allowing its West End land to be used for the planned training.
Three of 15 locations the Navy has tagged in the Olympic Military Operations Area for the project worth $11.5 million — identified in its documents as sites 3, 12 and 14 — exist on forested DNR land in West Jefferson County.
Navy public affairs officer, Liane Nakahara, said, "We never stated that we made any decision to not apply for a permit from DNR for those three sites. We simply said that the Navy is still evaluating all options, and that since none of the DNR sites was proposed for use in the immediate future, there is no urgency to reach a decision as to whether or not we will still submit a request."
Nakahara added that the Navy may decide to move ahead without the DNR sites, however, that decision has not yet been made either.
Conversely, if the Navy finally decides to file an appeal for permitting to DNR, the state agency will consider it in the same way as all other permitting appeals.
Matthew Randazzo, senior adviser to state Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark, said, "We have already expressed our concerns and indicated our preferred course of action, but we would treat an application the same as any other application and review it objectively. If we receive a formal application, we will conduct a review under the State Environmental Policy Act, as well as assessing whether the proposal is consistent with our federal habitat conservation plan and constitutional trust land-management obligations. We will then provide those assessments to inform Commissioner Goldmark for his ultimate decision."
