[time-nuts] LORAN-C Programmatic environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)?
Rex
rexa at sonic.net
Wed Jul 25 02:41:46 UTC 2007
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:23:48 -0800, Bill Beam <wbeam at gci.net> wrote:
>On 7/24/2007 5:40:31 PM, Brooke Clarke (brooke at pacific.net) wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I've received a letter from the navigation office of the USCG that's a
>> notice
>> intent to conduct a PEIS in accordance with:
>> National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and,
>> Dept of Homeland Security Management Directive 5100.1 and,
>> USCG Commandant's Instruction M1475.1D (related to Environmental Impacts).
>>
>> http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/default.htm
>>
>> What gives?
>
>It appears that Coast Guard want's to abandon Port Clarence LORAN station
>and move the LORAN transmitter to Nome.
>
From the referenced doc:
"possible management options for the
future of the USCG LORANC Program:
(1) Decommission the USCG LORAN
C Program and Terminate North
American LORANC Signal. Under this
alternative, all USCG LORANC signals
would be terminated at one time. All
USCG LORAN Stations would be
decommissioned; ..."
That would clearly be more than moving one station.
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