DOE/EA-2089: Finding of No Significant Impact

FONSI for Site-Wide EIS for Continued Operations of the Kaua'i Test Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Hawaii (DOE/EA-2089).

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

June 6, 2019
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Continued Operations of the Kaua'i Test Facility, Sandia National Laboratories; Hawaii

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) issued this Finding of No Significant Impact based on the final EA for 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.