Land Authorizations for Long-Term Continuation of Astronomy on Maunakea - Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice (EISPN)
- Author:
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University of Hawaii,
- Title:
- Land Authorizations for Long-Term Continuation of Astronomy on Maunakea - Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice (EISPN)
- Periodical:
- Mauna Kea Plans
- Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 198
- Subject:
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Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Mauna Kea Management Plan
Astronomical observatories Mauna Kea Management
Land use Mauna Kea
- Summary:
- UH is seeking a new land authorization for two principal reasons. The first is to incorporate the new Comprehensive Management Plan objectives into the authorization. The second is to provide an adequate planning horizon for ongoing and future scientific activity, something that is increasingly difficult as the remaining term of the existing Master Lease becomes shorter.
The Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice (EISPN) discusses a “No Action Alternative,” an action alternative under which UH receives a new authorization for a much reduced land area relative to its current encumbered area, and an action alternative under which it receives a new authorization for the same areas it currently leases or holds an easement over. These three alternatives and potentially additional alternatives advanced by stakeholders during the EISPN review period will be evaluated in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
The EISPN outlines the kinds of potential adverse and beneficial impacts that are likely to result from the alternatives being considered. These potential impacts and others identified by stakeholders during the review of the EISPN will be evaluated in the DEIS.
- URL:
- http://oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov/EA_EIS_Library/2018-02-23-HA-EISPN-UH-Land-Authorizations-for-Astronomy-on-Maunakea.pdf
- Date:
- February 2018
- Collection:
- EIS