Navy prepares Environmental Impact Statement

The U.S. Navy is preparing an EIS/OEIS (Environmental Impact Statement) on behalf of the U.S. military to evaluate the potential environmental effects from proposed military readiness training and testing activities in the Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT) Study Area.

Some of the proposed activities may include the use of active sonar and explosives.  The proposed plan is to conduct military readiness training and research, development, testing, and evaluation activities (“training and testing activities”) within the Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area.

The MITT Study Area is comprised of air, land, and sea space and includes the existing Mariana Islands Range Complex, additional areas on the high seas and a transit corridor where training and testing activities may occur.

For more information, visit www.mitt-eis.com.