Might Whidbey's Growlers go to California?

The U.S. Navy has until May 1 to present a new environmental impact statement on effects of noise from the EA-18G Growler jets based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones set the deadline in his Aug. 16 ruling and termed the Navy's failings serious violations of the National Environmental Policy Act requiring a new EIS.

He noted, "[T]his Court found that the Navy 'selected methods of evaluating data that supported its goal of increasing Growler operations' and 'turned a blind eye to data that would not support this intended result.'"

Jones' order was on a...