07-30-2020, 05:14 PM
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/07/3...d-3-years/
According to the memo, the TMT’s recent move to join up with the Giant Magellan Telescope and the U.S. National Optical-Infrared Laboratory to obtain major funding from the National Science Foundation will trigger a federal environmental impact statement and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 consultation.
Kealoha Pisciotta, Mauna Kea Hui leader, said Wednesday that her group and others who oppose the TMT are prepared to challenge the project’s federal EIS and National Historic Preservation Act consultations.
The UC memo also suggests the project isn’t expected to achieve “first light” until about 2033. If that’s true, the TMT might not be planning to commence the expected decade-long construction until 2023.
The master lease held by the University of Hawaii for the Mauna Kea astronomy zone expires in 2033 and there is no guarantee it will be renewed. UH is working on renewing the lease, but there is a risk the site won’t be available beyond 2033.
The protectors are winning. Too bad they couldn't win at something that creates jobs or revenue or food or education or a tax base.
According to the memo, the TMT’s recent move to join up with the Giant Magellan Telescope and the U.S. National Optical-Infrared Laboratory to obtain major funding from the National Science Foundation will trigger a federal environmental impact statement and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 consultation.
Kealoha Pisciotta, Mauna Kea Hui leader, said Wednesday that her group and others who oppose the TMT are prepared to challenge the project’s federal EIS and National Historic Preservation Act consultations.
The UC memo also suggests the project isn’t expected to achieve “first light” until about 2033. If that’s true, the TMT might not be planning to commence the expected decade-long construction until 2023.
The master lease held by the University of Hawaii for the Mauna Kea astronomy zone expires in 2033 and there is no guarantee it will be renewed. UH is working on renewing the lease, but there is a risk the site won’t be available beyond 2033.
The protectors are winning. Too bad they couldn't win at something that creates jobs or revenue or food or education or a tax base.