The time for comment on the California Institute of Technology’s (Caltech) Draft Environmental Assessment and Anticipated Finding of No Significant Impact (DEA) has been extended to November 4, 2021. The DEA was prepared as part of the planning required prior to decommissioning the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) and was released on September 8, 2021. Originally, the comment period ended on October 8, 2021.
A copy of the DEA/AFONSI can be found here: http://www.cso.caltech.edu/wiki/cso/outreach/outreach
It is also available, along with the project’s Conservation District Use Application (CDUA), on the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL) website: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/current-applications/
Full paper copies, including the DEA, its appendices, and CDUA are available for public review at the Hilo Public Library, the Kailua-Kona Public Library, and the Hawai‘i State Library.
Public comments can be submitted via email or in writing:
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OCCL held a hearing on the CSO DEA on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
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