Final supplemental environmental impact statement for construction camp housing, amendment to the Mauna Kea Science Reserve Complex Development Plan. Hale Pohaku, Hamakua, Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Author:

MCM Planning,, University of Hawaii,

Title:

Final supplemental environmental impact statement for construction camp housing, amendment to the Mauna Kea Science Reserve Complex Development Plan. Hale Pohaku, Hamakua, Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Periodical:

Mauna Kea Plans

Year:

1985

Subject:

Astronomical observatories Mauna Kea Environmental impact analysis Employees' buildings and facilities Hale Pohaku

Summary:

Subsequent to the publication of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) for use of lands at Hale Pohaku for the construction camp was amended to include a proposed subdivision action within the Conservation District for an approximately plus or minus 21-acre site at Hale Pohaku for the following uses: 1. Existing permanent Mid-Level Facilities, consisting of approximately 7 acres, pending the formal execution of a lease earlier authorized, with conditions, by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR); 2. An area consisting of approximately 6 acres to include the land necessary for planned expansion of the permanent Mid-Level Facilities; an area reserved for future expansion of the facilities pending a decision, to be made before the year 2000 in accordance with a revised plan, as whether or not to continue to allow new astronomical facilities on Mauna Kea beyond the 13 projected in the Mauna Kea Science Reserve Complex Development Plan (SRCDP); and a buffer area to separate day sleepers from daytime activities. All of the reserved area will remain in open space until such a time as a revised plan is prepared and an expansion decision is made; 3. An area of approximately 3 acres for an Information Station, the operation and maintenance of which are to become the responsibility of the University of Hawaii (UH) as proposed in the Management Plan which was approved by the BLNR on February 22, 1985; 4. An area of approximately 4 acres for a long-term construction workers' camp to meet the needs and timetables for the construction of anticipated new telescopes identified and/or planned for in the SRCDP; and 5. An area of approximately 1 acre for a construction staging area. The University is also requesting the disposition of a single lease document from DLNR covering all of the above-mentioned areas. This will require the BLNR to remove the 21 acres from the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve. The above uses and/or land areas have been addressed in this and the following environmental impact statements which are incorporated into this EIS by reference: Revised Environmental Impact Statement - Hale Pohaku Mid-Elevation Facilities Master Plan: DLNR, 1980. Final Environmental Impact Statement - Mauna Kea Science Reserve Complex Development Plan: RCUH, 1983. Upon approval of the amended CDUA, UH is requesting that the BLNR authorize withdrawal of the subject lands from the Forest Reserve. A map showing the proposed leased area is presented in this EIS.

URL:

http://oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov/EA_EIS_Archive/1985-10-DD-HA-FSEIS-Mauna-Kea-Science-Reserve-Development-Plan-Amendment.pdf

Date:

October 1985

Collection:

EIS