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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE          '

                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                               FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                               EXPECTED AT 9:45 A.M., EST.,
                               MARCH 12, 1981


                        STATEMENT OF
            HUGH J. WESSINGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
         COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                         BEFORE THE                          b
       HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS,14>k
       SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND NATIONAL PARKS

                             ON
              L-HE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
              STATEMENT FOR THE MX MISSILE SYSTq

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:             114587

     WE ARE HERE TODAY AT YOUR REQUEST TO PROVIDE INFORMATION

ON SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE AIR FORCE'S DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) FOR THE MX MISSILE SYSTEM.

     THE DRAFT EIS WAS PREPARED TO AID IN MAKING THE MAJOR

DECISIONS RELATED TO SELECTING THE MX DEPLOYMENT AREA OR

AREAS AND THE APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS OF THE OPERATING BASES.

THE AIR FORCE FILED THE DRAFT EIS ON DECEMBER 31, 1980,

FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT AND IS ALLOWING 120 DAYS FOR INPUT

BEFORE IT BEGINS PREPARING THE FINAL EIS. THE COST OF

PREPARING THE DRAFT EIS IS $20 MILLION. OUR REVIEW

RECOGNIZED THAT A DRAFT EIS IS ISSUED TO GAIN INFORMATION

TO BE CONSIDERED, WHERE APPROPRIATE, IN PREPARING THE FINAL

EIS. IT IS IN THIS CONTEXT THAT WE OFFER OUR OBSERVATIONS

CONCERNING THE DRAFT EIS.

     WE BELIEVE SEVERAL FACTORS DIMINISH THE CREDIBILITY

OF THE DRAFT EIS. WE FOUND WEAKNESSES IN THE AIR FORCE'S

SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROLS FOR DATA USED IN THE EIS; THE




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