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NASA Intends to Announee the Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Outrigger Telescopes Project The Nahonal Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS A) intends to announee the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Outrigger Telescopes Project in mid January 2005. NASA is proposing to fund the Outrigger Telescopes Project at the W.M. Keek Observatory in the Mauna Kea Science Reserve on the summit of Mauna Kea, the Island of Hawai'i. The Final Environmental Impact Statement addresses alternative sites and the environmental impacts that could potentially occur with on-site construction, installation, and operation of four, and possibly up to six, Outrigger Telescopes. The proposed Telescopes would be strategically placed around the existing Keek I and Keek II Telescopes, within the current footprint of the W.M. Keek Observatory. A reasonable alternative site has been identihed on La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. A hard copy of the Final Environmental Impact Statement will be available at eaeh library within the Hawai'i State Puhlie Library System and at Regional Libraries. Specihc addresses for State and Regional libraries ean be found in the appropriate telephone directory and online at http://www.librarieshawaii.org/locations/ index.htm. Additional hard copies of the Final Environmental Impact Statement will be available at the following locations: (a) NASA Headquarters, Library, Room 1 J20, 300 E Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20546-0001; (b) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Visitors Lobby, Building 249, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109; and (e) Legislative Reference Bureau, State Capitol, 415 South Beretania St., Honolulu, HI 96813 A limited number of hard copies of the Final Environmental Impact Statement will be available by contacting Dr. Carl B. Pilcher, Program Executive, Universe Division, Suite 3W39; NAS A Headquarters; 300 E Street, SW; Washington, DC 20546-0001; telephone 877-283-1977 (toll free), electronic mail otpeis@nasa.gov, or facsimile 202-358-3096. The Final Environmental Impact Statement will also be available in Acrobat® format at http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/. Please eall NAS A toll-free at 877-283-1977 if you have any questions.