F2 - ATST

Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i Job Code: HALEA 2Management SummaryManagement SummaryReport ReferenceDate May 2007Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment for the Proposed AdvancedTechnology Solar Telescope (ATST) at Haleakalā High AltitudeObservatories Papa‘anui Ahupua‘a, Makawao District, Island of Maui TMK:(2) 2-2-07:008 (Dagan et al. 2007)Project Number CSH Job Code: HALEA 2Project LocationLand JurisdictionAgenciesProject DescriptionProject AcreageRegion of Influence(ROI)ProjectEnvironmentalRegulatory ContextOverall Location: Pu‘u Kolekole, Haleakalā High Altitude Observatories(TMK [2] 2-2-07:008), as depicted on the USGS 7.5 minute TopographicSurvey Map, Portions of Kilohana Quadrangle and Lualailua HillsQuadrangle.Preferred ATST Site Location: Mees Solar Observatory FacilityAlternate ATST Site Location: Reber CircleState of Hawai‘iNational Science Foundation (NSF) – Proposing AgencyAssociation of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) – ProposingAgencyUniversity of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy (UH IfA) – Managing AgencyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Federal Reviewing AgencyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFW) – Federal Reviewing AgencyDepartment of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic PreservationDivision (DLNR/SHPD) – State Reviewing AgencyState of Hawai‘i Office of Planning – State Reviewing AgencyThe National Science Foundation is proposing to build the AdvancedTechnology Solar Telescope (ATST) at the 18.166-acre Haleakalā HighAltitude Observatories.0.60-acresThe area of direct affect is considered as the 0.60-acre site for the potentialconstruction of the ATST. When contemplating both direct and indirecteffects on the cultural and historic resources the ROI for this undertaking isdefined as the entire summit area of Haleakalā.As a federally funded project on state lands, this undertaking is subject toboth Federal and State of Hawai‘i Environmental Regulations. With regard toFederal regulations, this undertaking is subject to the National EnvironmentalProtection Act (NEPA) 40 Code of Federal Regulation [CFR} Part 1500-1508, as well as the National Science Foundation’s NEPA-implementingregulations 45 CFR Part 640. With regard to State of Hawai‘i EnvironmentalRegulations, this undertaking is subject to Hawai‘i Administrative Rules(HAR) Title 11 Chapter 200-4(a) and Chapter 343 of the Hawai‘i RevisedStatutes (HRS).APPENDIX F (2): Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment For the Proposed AdvancedTechnology Solar Telescope (ATST) at Haleakalā High Altitude ObservatoriesTMK (2) 2-2-07:008i