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Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:09 Ai41
Sa~bgect: URGENT action needed!
>A RESOLUTION OPPOSBNG TH;~ UNITE® STATES OF AMERICA'S DEPARTMI=NT OF THE ~lAO/Y'
>S PROPOSFI~ D~PLOY(VII=NT QF SURD/!: ILLANC~ TOVlt1mD ARRAY SEtVSOR SYST~~+4 LOS?
FREQUI=NCY ACTI09~ (SURTASS LFd~} SONAR
>From: "Light Worker Center 1(Lanny and IVlary Bose Sinkin\)"
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>To: '1"Light Worker Centerl,"` <lictht~a'~,,ia9~awaii,n~t>
>Subject: LFA - l3RGt?NT ACTION! ALERT
>Date: Fri, ~ Jan 2002 13:38:20 -1000
>X-Priority: 3
>Today I learned that a resolution we have been working to faring to the
>Hawai'i County Counci! is scheduled-for a vote in the Comrraittee on Public
>Works and tntergovernmenta! Relations on ~'~ESDAY, JAI~€JARY 8: While the
>Whereaz word~?~g ended up with some weakening changes, the Therefore is clear
>opposition to de~loym~nt of Str3RTASS LFFs. All. me~rabers of the County Council
>serve on this committee. ;.;a
>
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>For those living on the Island of Hawaii, pisses call your Council
>representative on IVlonday (961-8255) to urge passage of this resolution and, ` ' ; ;
>if you can, fax a message to: ~
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>
>Chairman Leningrad Elarionoff and Members of the Committee on Public Works _
>and Intergoverrrmenta# Relations urging passage of this resolution ~
>(961-8912).
>
>For those off island who would like to ur a sees a of this resolution, ou `'f ~
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>can call or fax (area code 808) as well. if y:,u art an ®rganizatio:~ that
>has taken a position on 4his issue, please send a summary of your
>Organlzattfln'S p®SItiE3n.
>Plsase keep all fax message short (no more than one page,. I wiii be
>providing some more lengthy doc~;m~nts, such as the recent report on the
>13ahamas, altt::ough ~e members will have little time to review those
>documents before Tuesday. 8 •
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~f~hD~~*~: svtt§erl~i~tt~l~~.moves to the Council for
~~i puatt~ +vrhen convenient.
> -Aloha, Eden
Julie Jacobson, the only Green Party member of the County Council,
>introduced this resolution. You can send her a note of thanks to
>jacobs c~ll;ge~;sarg.
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>Resolution 155 01
>A RESOLUTION OPPOSING Tl-~lw UtTE=[~ STATO;S OF a'~trJtl<RECA'S U~PARTM~4tiT Ov THE NAVY'
>S PROPOSED DEPLQYI~E€T' F StJRVEiLLANCE TOUitEr® ARRAY SENSOR S`~STfiI# LO?e~~
sFRECtUENCI~` AOTiVE tSURT~4SS f:FAj SONAR
> WHEREAS, the United States Navy is requesting a Letter of Authorization
from the Nationa# Marine Fisheries Service under the Marine Mammal
>Protectior Act ~f~7Mf'A) in order to facilitate its proposed Surveillance Towed
>Array Sensor:Syste~< (SURTASS) Low Free~uency Active (LFA) sonar program; and
> WHEREAS, the Navy states that the proposed SURTASS LFA sonar program would
meet the need for improved detection of foreign submarines, there~y
>providing the Navy with adequate ti~:e to r~ct to, and defend against,
>submarine warfare; and
> WHEREAS, during employment, the proposed SURTASS LFA sonar systems would
>introduce !ow-frequency acoustic signals into the world°s oceans that could
>potentialiy affect marine fife; and
> WHEREAS, the protection of whales and other marine mammals is of great
>concern to the citizenry of the County of Hawaii; and
> WO-iEREAS, t"e protection and preservation of the ocean and marine mammals
>that inhabit the-ocean are of great culture! and historical significance in
>Hawai'i; and
> WHEREAS, the scientific and environmental communities are virtually
>unanimous in their opposition to thra SURTASS LFA sonar program because of
>its questionab!e.nationa4 security benefits and the hazards it presents to
>marine mammals; and
> WHEREAS, according to the Navy's own test results, certain losau frequency
>sonar levels may have harmful effects on humans who swim or dive in nearby
>waters; and
> WHEREAS, the protection of marine life in Hawaii's waters is not just an
>ecologicaE, biological, or cultural concern, but also a matter of economic
necessity t.~eca~se a healthy ocean environment is an engiti~~ that drives
=Hawai'i's visitor-driven economy; and
> WHEREAS, the County of Hawai' i intends for this resolution to express its
>opposition to the proposed deployment of the SURTASS LFA sonar.
>nIOW, TI~EREFORE, SE IT RESOLVED SY TAE C®UNCEL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, that
sit hirreby poses the ! ~rtite States Navy`s proposed deployment of
>Sus~a<.e~l.leru~ ~~~~s~ Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA)
>sona~ prs:s;ror;~~-^ ;.^€ess and ~~til scientific evidence can estat~lish that no
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>harmful effects will result from the program.
> B~. IT Fl3RTF11=R R~SOLV~D that the Council requests that the National Marine
>Fisheries Service reject the United States of America Department of the Navy
>'s application fer a LettWr of Authorisation fio deploy the Sl9RTASS LFA
>sonar.
> 03~ IT FI;RTl~11=t~ f~ESOLV~D that copies of this resolution be transmitted to
>President George W. hush, Senator Danie! K. Akaka, Senator Danie! K. Inouye,
>l~epresentative Nei! Abercrombie, Representative F~atsy Mink, Governor
>I'3en;amin Cayetano, Mayor Marry Kim, the Secretary of Commerce, the
>Secretary of the Navy, fihe Secretary of Defense, and the Na#ional Marine
>Fisheries Service.
>Dated at , ~lawai'i, this day of , 2002.
> Introduced by:
> Julie Jacobson
> Council Member, County of Hawai' i