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State boards · The Environmental Notice · Aug. 23, 2026

Pacific Missile Range Facility and Kōkeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory Real Estate– Final EIS Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, and Vol 5

Environmental review · Kauaʻi · Waimea

Tax map key, as printed
(4) 1-2-001:006 (por.), (4) 1-2-001:010, (4) 1-2-002:001 (por.), (4) 1-2-002:010 (por.), (4) 1-2-002:024 (por.), (4) 1-2- 002:025, (4) 1-2-002:026, (4) 1-2-002:027, (4) 1-2-002:028, (4) 1-2-002:029, (4) 1-2-016:011 (por.), (4) 1-4-001:002 (por.), (4) 1-4-001:013 (por.), (4) 1-4-001:014 (por.)
Agency, as printed
State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Land Division
Applicant, as printed
Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
Permits, as printed
Numerous
Status, as printed
Final EIS has been submitted and is pending acceptance by the accepting authority
Area
Waimea-Kekaha (placed by the tax map key it prints)
The state's document
The Environmental Notice, Aug. 23, 2026 (PDF)

As the notice prints it

The Navy proposes to retain the use of 8,172 acres of State lands on Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, for operational continuity and sustainment, in support of continued military training, testing, and facility operations at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) proposes to retain the use of 23 acres of State lands on Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, in support of continued operations including measurements of the Earth’s rotation and local land motion at Kōkeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory (KPGO).

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.