Resolution 220-2010
RESOLUTION NO.
220 -2010
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THAT THE NAVY
UTI:LIZE THE F-14 AIRCRAFT OPERATION - IN EFFECT PRIOR
TO THE F/A-18E/F SUPER BORNET - AS THE BASELINE FOR
'I'm: PENDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR NAVAL
AI~~ STATION KEY WEST.
WHEREAS, The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
guides the Navy's environmental analysis process; and
WHEREAS, the Navy proposes to maintain Naval Air Station
(NAS) Key West as a military aviation training site with
potential changes in aircraft and aircraft operations, either or
both of \vhich have expected impacts, particularly through
elevated noise, on the surrounding community; and
WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) can be
generateci when a "proposed action" is expected to have impacts
to the erlvironment relative to the status quo; and
WHEREAS, The Navy has asked for comments regarding the
scope of the planned EIS for the Naval Air Station Key West
Airfield operations; and
WHEREAS, the EIS will evaluate potential environmental
impacts to numerous resources. These impacts include noise, air
quality, safety, socioeconomics, water & biological resources;
and
WHEREAS, in 2003, pursuant to an Environmental Assessment
for fleet support and infrastructure improvements, the Navy
concluded there would be "no significant changes in air quality,
off-base noise exposure or accident potential zones, .... no
significant increase in noise contours or APZs from aircraft
operatiorls;" and
WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Statement was not
performed for the introduction of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet,
nor did the Environmental Assessment report actually address the
introduction of the aircraft to NASKW airfield operations; and
~~, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, f'lorida (BOCC), has expressed on a number of occasions
its discontent with the current environmental impacts,
specifically noise, since the introduction of the F/A-18E/F
Super Hornet to NAS Key West; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1: The BOCC has formed the ElS Oversight Committee,
which shall provide oversight of, and participate to the
greatest degree possible, in the EIS process on behalf of the
County and to report back to the BOCC when the Committee deems
that action of the BOCC is important to the EIS process.
Section 2: The BOCC requests that the Navy and its
consultants utilize the F-14 operation - which was in effect
prior to the introduction of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, for
which the impact of increased noise has not previously been
considered - as the baseline for the ElS.
Section 3: The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this
resolution to: Captain Patrick Lefere, and Ron Demes,both at
Naval Air Station,PO Box 9001, Key West, FL 33040-9001; and to
EIS Project Manager, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Southeast, NAS Key West Airfield Operations EIS Project Manager
P.O. Box 30, Building 903, NAS Jacksonville, FL 32212.
PASS AND ADOPTED by the BOCC July 21st, 2010
Mayor Sylvia Murphy
Mayor Pro Tern Heather Carruthers
Commissioner Mario DiGennero
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Kim Wigington
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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MAYOR YLVIA MURPHY
Attest:Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
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Deputy Clerk
Res EIS 7-21-2010
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