Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 1, 1 January 2004 — NASA hearings [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NASA hearings

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will hold five puhlie meetings in January as part of its process to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for its proposed Outrigger Telescope project atop Mauna Kea. The EIS will be the first federal study to thoroughly assess the cultural and environmental impacts of observatory development on the summit. The scoping meeting dates are: • Jan. 5 - King Kamehameha Beach Hotel; Kona; • Jan. 7 - Hawai'i Naniloa; Hilo; • Jan. 8 — Waimea YMCA; Kamuela; • Jan. 12 — Japanese Cultural Center; Honolulu; • Jan. 13 - Wai'anae District Park. All of the sessions will begin with an informal open house from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m., with the formal meetings to air puhlie comments and concerns beginning at 6:30 pm. NASA is planning to have a Hawaiian language translator at all of the meetings. Parking will be provided free for meeting attendees. For more information, eall 594-1904.

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