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May 19, 2015

Comments delay Navy expansion of training for electronic warfare

PORT ANGELES. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says a flood of public comments is delaying its decision on whether to grant the Navy a permit for expanded electronic-warfare training on the Olympic Peninsula.

The Forest Service had planned to make a decision on the Navy's special-use permit application by September, The Peninsula Daily News reports (http://is.gd/t2BJyI ). But now the agency is hiring a third-party contractor to handle the more than 3,300 comments it received — most of them expressing opposition over concerns such as jet noise or electromagnetic radiation.


 
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