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Parts of Whidbey Island Navy EIS challenged by Washington AG, ruled inadequate [1]

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Date: 2022-08-14

Aug. 11, 2022

By Anne Harvey

Special to The Times

Coupeville, the primary Growler training location, once a sparsely populated farming area neighbored by a military base, is now a growing community inundated by jet noise. In 2019, the Navy planned to quadruple the number of Growler takeoffs or landings to 100,000 operations per year by 2022, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. For years, residents across the region have reported negative health impacts including cardiac and mental health issues, stress and hearing loss, in addition to economic hardship, loss of tourism and challenges for children.

Just days before Seafair, federal Judge Richard Jones ruled that the Navy violated federal law in its Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of expanded Growler jet operations. There were four issues cited, including failure to quantify noise impacts on classroom learning and not investigating alternative Growler sites.

This ruling was in response to lawsuits filed by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Paula Spina and Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve (COER), a nonprofit member group of the Sound Defense Alliance, affirming the need for a solution to the jet noise issue.

The Sound Defense Alliance (SDA) has been working across Northwest Washington to develop the “Roadmap to a Remedy.”

We seek to address this issue in a way that restores the balance between military needs and civilian communities.

We call on the Navy, the federal administration and all elected officials to:

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