DOE adopted the National Science Foundation EA for the LIGO STEM Exploration Center at Hanford and issued a FONSI.
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
September 28, 2020
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LIGO STEM Exploration Center at Hanford
The National Science Foundation (NSF) prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to evaluate construction and operation of the proposed Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Exploration Center (LExC) facility at Hanford.
DOE adopted the NSF EA (DOE/EA-2148) and issued a finding of no significant impact.
For more information, see LIGO STEM Exploration Center at Hanford.