DOE/EA-2089: Draft Environmental Assessment

Continued Operations of the Kaua'i Test Facility, Sandia National Laboratories; Hawaii

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is preparing this EA to evaluate the continued operation of the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Kaua’i Test Facility (KTF) located on the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kaua’i, Hawai’i. NNSA will continue to conduct launch activities at the site and proposes to expand its vertical launch capabilities. KTF operations sustain and enhance critical capabilities, technologies, and specialized range competencies needed for the NNSA mission as well as supporting critical national security programs such as missile defense and hypersonic systems.

For more information, see Continued Operations of the Kaua'i Test Facility EA.