A 10-meter telescope for millimeter and submillimeter astronomy at Mauna Kea, Hamakua, Hawaii for California Institute of Technology : final environmental impact statement

Author:

Group 70,, California Institute of Technology,, University of Hawaii,

Title:

A 10-meter telescope for millimeter and submillimeter astronomy at Mauna Kea, Hamakua, Hawaii for California Institute of Technology : final environmental impact statement

Periodical:

CSO

Year:

1982

Pages:

xii, 145, 112 p.

Subject:

Astronomical observatories environmental aspects Mauna Kea Environmental impact analysis Mauna Kea Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO)

Summary:

The California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) proposes to construct a submillimeter telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hamakua, Hawaii. The telescope will consist of a 10.4 meter dish-shaped reflector housed in a 60-foot dome. The proposed 0.75 acre site is located within the Mauna Kea Science Reserve at approximately the 13,360 foot elevation of the mountain. Because the telescope is situated in a plateau between two cinder cones, the telescope will not be visible from Hilo, Waimea, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park or other lower areas of the island. Any existing biotic communities within the construction area and along the utility trenches will be destroyed. However, there are no officially designated rare or endangered species of flora or anthropod fauna on the summit of Mauna Kea. Disturbance will be confined to specific areas directly related to construction and operation of the telescope.

URL:

http://oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov/EA_EIS_Archive/1982-08-DD-HA-FEIS-Mauna-Kea-10-Meter-Telescope.pdf

Collection:

EIS