DEIS+formal+comment+v4

August 25, 2008 U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate James V. Johnson Mail Stop 2100 245 Murray Lane SW Building 410 Washington, D.C. 20528 Re: DEIS for National Bio- and Agro- Defense Facility Dear Mr. Johnson, The Granville Non-Violent Action Team submits the following comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (“DEIS”). Left margin references are to pages within the DEIS. In light of the significant amount of information which is flat-out absent from the DEIS, such that no comment can be made except to point out the absence of information, inclusion of this information in the FEIS is insufficient to comply with NEPA unless a further public comment period is provided for input on information first appearing in the FEIS. The DEIS is initially deficient in failing to include any discussion whatsoever of the costs which each host site is expected to bear. The NBAF Feasibility Study states that the host state/locality are expected to pay for the concrete pad for the NBAF, for all utilities to be extended to a point 5 feet away from the facility walls, and for the Central Utilities Plant, among other items. See NBAF Feasibility Study at pdf pages 14 and 15, available at http://www.thememoryhole.org/dhs/nbaf/dhs_nbaf-feasibility-study.pdf (“the following items are not included in the [$451, now updated to 523, million] project budget noted above, and will require in-kind project ...