By Gerardo R. Partido
Variety News Staff

THE Navy is planning to hold its scoping meetings related to the proposed relocation of the Marines to Guam and the CNMI this week.
The meetings were supposed to be held earlier but they had to be postponed because of the adverse weather conditions brought on by Typhoon Kong-Rey.
The Guam scoping meetings are scheduled to be held Tuesday, April 17, at the Yona Community Center and Wednesday, April 18, at the Dededo Senior Citizens Center, next to the mayor’s office.
The Saipan scoping meeting will be held Thursday, April 19, at the Multi Purpose Center, and on Tinian on Friday, April 20, at the Tinian Elementary School. All scoping meetings are scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m.
According to the military, the meetings will go on as long as people are seeking information and wish to offer their comments.
The scoping meetings will be like an informal open house with visuals placed around the room in information stations. The information shown is what is intended to be included in the environmental impact statement, or EIS, to be developed over the next few years.
An EIS analyzes the impact such a move has on a community and the environment. Subject experts will be on hand at the scoping meeting open house for discussion of the information being presented.