Welcome to the Joint Guam Program Office’s website on the Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) for the Guam and CNMI Military Relocation. This website has been created to share information with you as well as give you an opportunity to read the EIS and express your concerns by submitting comments. Your comments are an important part of the environmental planning process and you are encouraged to submit your comments online via this website, by mail, or by attending the public hearings. Comments must be submitted by February 17, 2010 in order to be considered in the Final EIS/OEIS.

Please note that the Notice of Availability published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the November 20, 2009 Federal Register shows the Draft EIS comment period ending on January 4, 2010. The Navy Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Hearings, also published in the November 20, 2009 Federal Register, shows the correct end date of February 17, 2010 and allows a 90-day comment period.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published a correction in the Federal Register on November 27, 2009 with the correct date of February 17, 2010.

The Draft EIS/OEIS is available for review on this website, as well as in local libraries on Guam, Tinian, and Saipan and at a reading room at the Agana Shopping Center on Guam. You will notice links on the right hand side of this webpage that can take you to areas on this website where you can read the document, submit a comment and learn about the National Environmental Policy Act.

The three major actions of this project include:

1. Relocating the Marines from Okinawa Japan to Guam
2. Creating a berthing for Visiting Aircraft Carriers in Apra Harbor
3. Strategically basing an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force in Guam.

On this website you will learn more about the three main components of this action, alternatives considered and potential environmental impacts from the proposed action. We invite you to explore the website, read the document and provide your comments so that we can prepare a Final EIS/OEIS. Remember, your comments are valuable to us and all comments will be considered when we prepare the Final EIS/OEIS.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to receiving your comments.

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