[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 76444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30760]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Construction and 
Operation of a Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 
(Pan-STARRS) at the Summit of Mauna Kea, HI

ACTION: Cancellation of Pan-STARRS EIS.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969, as amended (42 United States Code 4321, et seq.), the Council on 
Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing the procedural 
provisions of NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Parts 1500-
1508), and U.S. Air Force (USAF) policy and procedures (32 CFR part 
989), the USAF issued a notice on 10 Jan 07 advising the public of its 
intent to prepare an EIS evaluating potential environmental impacts 
associated with construction and operation of the proposed Panoramic 
Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) by the 
University of Hawaii (UH) Institute for Astronomy (IfA). Pan-STARRS was 
to be a USAF-funded, UH IfA research program to discover, characterize 
and track Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), primarily asteroids and comets, 
whose trajectories pass close enough to Earth that they may pose a 
danger of collision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct any written comments or 
requests for information to Ms. Connie Rankin, Office of Public 
Affairs, 377 ABW/PA, 3550 Aberdeen Ave., SE., Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-
5776 (Phone: 505-846-4321; e-mail [email protected]).

Bao-Anh Trinh,
GS-14, DAF, Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-30760 Filed 12-7-10; 8:45 am]
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