TopBand: [Fwd: n1v]

[james danehy]

> 
> Acting under the authority that the Secretary of the Interior delegated to him
> in Secretary's Order No. 3205 (January 16, 1997) and
> Amendment No. 1 (January 14, 1998) to Secretary's Order No. 3205 and in
> fulfillment of his responsibilities as the civil
> administrator of the United States insular area of Navassa Island, the
> Director of the Office of Insular Affairs advises all persons
> interested in visiting Navassa Island that, having made a preliminary review
> of the island's ecology, he has decided indefinitely not
> to allow visits to the island and its surrounding waters until he has received
> a further assessment of the island's environment and
> conservation status. As used in this notice, the term "surrounding waters"
> includes the waters surrounding Navassa Island seaward
> to a line twelve (12) nautical miles distant from Navassa Island's coastlines.
> The Director of the Office of Insular Affairs intends
> that nothing in this notice shall deny or impair the right of innocent passage
> in the waters surrounding Navassa Island.

> This is from the US DEPT OF INTERIOR WEB PAGE. I THINK IM GOING TO POST IT ON
> THE DX REFLECTOR. DXERS CAN COME TO THEIR OWN CONCULSION. THIS SEEMS LIKE VERY
> PLAIN ENGLISH TO ME. WHERE IS THERE ANY CONFUSION?   INDEFINITELY CAN BE A
> VERY LONG TIME.
> 
 160 ops take note of this information.

Jim W9VNE
Cincinnati

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