PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 30 METER TELESCOPE AT MAUNA KEA

The Department of Land and Natural Resources – Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands invites the public to testify at two public hearings on the Big Island this week on a conservation district use application for the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) at the Mauna Kea Science Reserve, Kaohe Mauka, Hamakua, Hawaii, TMK (3) 4-4-015:009

Hearings are scheduled as follows:

Thursday December 2, 2010, 6 p.m. at the Hawaii County Council Room, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo; and

Friday December 3, 2010, 6 pm. at the Gateway Center, Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA), 73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway #101, Kailua-Kona

For more information about the proposed project and to download related documents, go to the OCCL website at http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/occl/hearings-workshops.

Persons unable to attend the hearing may submit testimony to Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, P.O. Box 621, Honolulu, HI 96817, or via email to Stephen.M.Cain@hawaii.gov.