[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 88 (Friday, May 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21719-21720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10561]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(SDEIS).

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF), through an award to the 
National Solar Observatory, plans to fund construction of the proposed 
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) Project at the Kaleakala 
High Altitude Observatory site on the Island of Maui, Hawai`i. The NSF 
has prepared a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(SDEIS) for the proposed ATST Project. This SDEIS is a joint Federal 
and State of Hawai`i document prepared in compliance with the Federal 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the State of Hawai`i 
Chapter 343, Hawai`i Revised Statutes. This SDEIS is also being 
prepared to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated 
with issuing a National Park Service Special Use Permit application, 
pursuant to 36 CFR 5.6 to operate commercial vehicles on the Haleakala 
National Park road during the construction and operation of the 
proposed ATST Project, if approved. The SDEIS is available at all Maui 
public libraries and on the Internet at: http://atst.nso.edu/.

DATES: Please submit comments during the 45-day public comment period

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beginning May 8, 2009, and ending on June 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Original comments should be sent to the applicant: Craig 
Foltz, Ph.D., ATST Program Manager, National Science Foundation, 
Division of Astronomical Sciences, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1045, 
Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone: 703-292-4909, Fax: 703-292-9034, E-
mail: [email protected]. Copies of comments should also be sent to:
    1. Dept. of Health, Office of Environmental Quality Control, REF: 
ATST, 235 South Beretania Street, Room 702, Honolulu, HI 96813, Fax: 
808-586-4186.
    2. Mr. Mike Maberry, Associate Director, University of Hawai`i 
Institute for Astronomy, 34 Ohia Ku Street, Pukalani, HI 96768, Fax: 
808-573-9557.
    3. Charlie Fein, Ph.D., KC Environmental, Inc., P.O. Box 1208, 
Makawao, HI 96768, Fax: 808-573-7837, E-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Foltz at the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NEPA SDEIS Public Comment Hearings

    Public Comment Period: The NSF welcomes Federal, State, and County 
agencies, and the public to participate in the 45-day comment period 
beginning May 8, 2009, and ending on June 22, 2009. Comments must be 
received or postmarked by June 22, 2009. Public comment hearings will 
take place, as follows:
    1. Cameron Center Auditorium, 95 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, Maui, 
HI, June 3, 2009, Wednesday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    2. Hannibal Tavares (Pukalani) Community Center, Pukalani Street, 
Room MHT 1 (downstairs), Pukalani, Maui, HI, June 4, 2009, 
Thursday, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

NHPA Consultation Meetings

    Consultation meetings to solicit public input under Section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) will be held on Maui by 
the National Science Foundation and Haleakala National Park as follows:
    1. June 8, 2009, Monday, 1 to 4 p.m., Kula Community Center, E. 
Lower Kula Road, Kula, Maui.
    2. June 9, 2009, Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Haiku Community 
Center, Hana Highway at Pilialoha Street, Haiku, Maui.
    3. June 10, 2009, Wednesday, 3 to 6 p.m., Maui Community College, 
310 W. Kaahumanu Avenue, Pilina Building--Multi-purpose Room, Kahului, 
Maui.
    You are invited to participate in these meetings to provide 
feedback and comments on the area of potential effect, identification 
and evaluation of cultural, historic and archeological resources, and 
measures to avoid, minimize, and/or mitigate potential adverse impacts 
to these resources. For questions or information about the consultation 
meetings, call Elizabeth Gordon, Haleakala National Park Cultural 
Resources Program Manager at (808) 572-4424 or e-mail at [email protected]. Information about the project is online at http://www.atst.nso.edu/library/36CFR800 and http://www.nps.gov/hale.

    Dated: April 30, 2009.
Craig Foltz,
ATST Program Manager.
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