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Army Invites Comments On Poamoho
The U.S. Army welcomes the public to comment on its O‘ahu training land retention plans, which includes 4,370 acres at Poamoho Training Area in Central O‘ahu.
Military Reservation, which are used by Army units and others, including the Marine Corps and the Hawai‘i Army National Guard.
for individuals to submit comments.
of the in-person public scop- ing meetings will be provided for those wishing to remotely view and listen to the presen- tation at youtube.com/usagha- waii/live.
Located in the Ko‘olau Mountains in north-central O‘ahu, the Poamoho land has been leased from the state since 1964 for military train- ing and provides airspace with ravines and deep vege- tation for helicopter training.
These are also state-owned lands and the leases on them by the Army will expire in 2029.
The public may view and/ or listen to online video pre- sentations, review project documents and submit com- ments through the project website at home.army.mil/ hawaii/index.php/oahueis.
Oral comments may be provided by attending one of the two in-person public scoping meetings or remotely by calling 808-556-8277.
The Army intends to pre- pare an environmental impact statement, or EIS, to analyze its proposal to retain up to approximately 6,300 acres of leased state-owned land on O‘ahu to support continued military training.
Federal, state and local agencies, Native Hawaiian organizations and the public are invited to participate in the scoping process for the EIS by submitting oral and/or written comments.
Written comments will be accepted throughout the 40- day scoping period, and can be submitted by mail (O‘ahu ATLR EIS Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 96801-3444), email (usarmy. hawaii.nepa@mail.mil) or online at the project website.
Recording services are only available from 4 to 9 p.m. Aug. 10-11.
Besides Poamoho, the other lands include Kahuku Training Area and Mākua
The Army states that to reduce exposure to the coro- navirus, while still providing opportunities for public par- ticipation, it will offer both online and in-person options
One-way online streaming
For additional information on the military’s scoping pro- cess for the EIS, contact U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii Pub- lic Affairs by email at usarmy. hawaii.comrel@mail.mil or call 808-656-3158.
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The 40-day public scoping period began July 23 and runs through Sept. 1.
The Army will host two identical in-person public scoping meetings from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 10-11 at Leilehua Golf Course at 199 Leilehua Golf Course Road.
Attendees can use a con- tactless method to participate or online streaming if capac- ity at the venue is exceeded.
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