Every environmental impact that the Tinian Women Association and three other environmental groups are alleging in their lawsuit is now subject to National Environmental Policy Act review, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Taylor N. Ferrell, trial attorney of the DOJ...

U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has granted the U.S. Department of the Navy’s and U.S. Department of Defense’s motion to strike the portion of four environmental groups’ brief that discuss the 2013 CNMI Joint Military Training Requirements and...

The proposed CNMI Joint Military Training program is not designed to address the U.S. military’s training deficiencies throughout the Western Pacific generally, as the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Department of Defense suggest, according to four environmental groups. Rather, the...

The proposed CNMI Joint Military Training program addresses theater-wide training needs in the Western Pacific and serves joint and allied training needs that extend beyond the requirements of Guam-based Marines, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. DOJ Environmental...