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Mark Your Calendars! February 21, North Augusta, South Carolina - Be there and speak out at the EIS on a new nuclear weapons complex, with a continuing role for the Savannah River Site.

"Complex Transformation" (the new DOE weapons complex)Public Hearing

North Augusta, South Carolina, North Augusta Community Center, 495 Brookside Avenue, North Augusta, SC, Thursday, February 21, 2008 (11 am - 3 pm and 6 pm - 10 pm) Map.

nationwide hearing list at:
http://www.nnsa.doe.gov/docs/ComplexTrans/PublicHearings.pdf .

executive summary of draft EIS on "Bombplex"
http://www.nnsa.doe.gov/docs/ComplexTrans/SPEIS.pdf

For carpooling information contact:
Day Session:
    Gerald Rudolph (Carolina Peace): 803-261-0495 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
    Contact to arrange ride.
Evening Session:
    Thomas Chandler (SAGE): 803-760-3038 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
    Leaving just after 5pm meeting at the Green Quad at USC. Notes:
  • EIS stands for Environmental Impact Statement. The preparation of an EIS is one of the steps required by the National Environmental Policy Act.
  • NNSA is the National Nuclear Security Administration.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NNSA)
  • SRS is Savannah River Site
  • NAC is the Governor's Nuclear Advisory Council
  • Bombplex is a term coined by groups around the nation opposing Complex2030. Complex 2030 is a program by the current administration to build a bomb production complex to produce new nuclear weapons. Congress cut funds recently for Complex2030 and asked the administration to provide a rational for building new nuclear weapons. The steps required to satisfy the NEPA requirements (see National Environmental Policy Act) continues.
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