State boards · The Environmental Notice · July 8, 2026

Volcano School of Arts and Sciences (VSAS) New Campus – Final EA (FONSI)

Environmental review · Hawaiʻi · Puna

Tax map key, as printed

(3) 1-1-004:010

Agency, as printed

Agency County of Hawaiʻi, Planning Department

Applicant, as printed

The Volcano School of Arts and Sciences; 99-128 Old Volcano Road #845, Volcano, HI 96785

Permits, as printed

Special Permit, Plan Approval, Building Code/Structural Permits, Grubbing/Grading Permits, Electrical Review, Mechanical/Plumbing Review, Fire Review, Engineering Review, Wastewater System Approval, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPP), Potential Noise Permit

Status, as printed

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) determination

Area

Puna (placed by the tax map key it prints)

The state's document

The Environmental Notice, July 8, 2026 (PDF)

VSAS proposes the development of a new 14.9-acre campus on Old Volcano Road between Nahelelani Street and Aliʻi Anela Street (TMK (3) 1-1-004:010). The project follows a four-phase construction timeline planned to be completed in 2032. Once complete, the campus will house Pre-K and 6th–12th grade, supporting 342 full-time students, 100 blended learning students, and 155 staff. Plans for the new campus include Middle School, High School, and Pre-K pod spaces; a central piko courtyard, an administrative building, cafeteria, labs, shops, assembly and performance amphitheater, commercial kitchen and outdoor courts.

Basis. Read from the issue's PDF by script (pipeline/fetch_environmental_notice.py), published by the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; first on the record Sept. 19, 2026. Wording is the notice's; contact names, telephone numbers and email addresses are not carried. Corrections: the corrections log.