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Reply to: Seattle Office
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EA-18G EIS Project Manager
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
Atlantic – Attn: Code EV21/SS
6506 Hampton Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23508
Re:
Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G Growler
Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex
Dear Project Manager:
The attached comments letters and documents are being submitted as comments for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G Growler Airfield Operations a Naval Air Station
Whidbey Island Complex published on November 10, 2016. The comments are submitted on
behalf of the Citizens of the Ebey’s Reserve (“COER”) and the individuals listed in the attached
document. The attached comments on the DEIS represent the culmination of past and current
outreach and research efforts by the COER Board of Directors, COER’s many diverse supporters
and contributors, and its four contracted experts in acoustics and environmental health. We
further recognize the thousands of individuals who contributed valued volunteered time and
funds in support of the Northwest Pacific Coast Alliance, which is composed of seven individual
organizations committed to resolving the noise and associated environmental health impacts
associated with EA-18G Growlers in the northern Puget Sound area. Each of the seven
organizations represent a discrete portion of Puget Sound, but we have joined together in
solidarity and support of each other’s comments, as so stated in the attached resolution of the
Northwest Pacific Coast Alliance.
Please find attached the following documents:
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Comment Letter prepared by David Bricklin and Jacob Brooks
Comment Letter with addendums prepared by Robert Wilbur and Citizens of the Ebey’s
Reserve’s Board of Directors
Dahlgren Report with appendices
Fidell Report with appendices
“Invisible Costs: The $122 Million Price Tag for the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island,”
prepared by Michael Shuman
1424 Fourth Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98101 ● 25 West Main, Suite 234, Spokane, WA 99201
(206) 264-8600 ● (877) 264-7220 ● www.bricklinnewman.com
EA-18G EIS Project Manager
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“Outlying Field Coupeville: Its Time Has Passed,” prepared by Robert Wilbur, Maryon
Atwood, Neal Sims, and Mark Harmon
JGL Acoustics Reports prepared by Jerry Lilly
Project noise impacts prepared by Paul Schomer
National Parks Service Acoustical Monitoring Report for Ebey’s Landing National
Historical Reserve
2005 AICUZ Study Update for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s Ault Field and
Outlying Landing Field Coupeville, Washington
2005 Environmental Assessment for Replacement of EA-6B Aircraft with EA-18G
Aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
2012 Environmental Assessment for the Expeditionary Transition of EA-6B Prowler
Squadrons to EA-18G Growler at NAS Whidbey Island
Wyle Report (2004)
Wyle Report (2012)
Thank you for your consideration of these comments. The Citizens of the Ebey’s Reserve and
the individual commenters look forward to further participating in the Navy’s NEPA process.
Very truly yours,
BRICKLIN & NEWMAN, LLP
David A. Bricklin
Jacob Brooks
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