[CPEO-MEF] Mauna Kea (HI) telescopes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hawaii Judge Reverses Permit for More Mauna Kea Telescopes

Environment News Service

HILO, Hawaii, August 7, 2006 (ENS) - A Hawaii state court has reversed a 
conservation district use permit granted by a state agency that would 
have allowed the construction of up to six more telescopes on the summit 
of Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in the Pacific. The ruling puts a 
roadblock in the path of NASA's $50 million outrigger telescope project 
planned for the W.M. Keck observatory.

In a decision issued August 3, Judge Glenn Hara reversed the permit 
granted to the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy by the state 
Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to build the telescopes.

Judge Hara decided that administrative rules governing astronomy 
facilities require a "comprehensive management plan" for the Mauna Kea 
summit, which is a conservation district.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2006/2006-08-07-04.asp

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