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The decommissioning of Hōkū Keʻa is anticipated to be completed in mid-to-late 2023. “The privilege of extending the university’s educational mission through astronomy on Maunakea comes with a deeply felt kuleana and decommissioning is a critical expression of that.”ĬSO and UH Hilo’s Hōkū Keʻa teaching telescope are the first two observatories to undertake the decommissioning process on UH-managed Maunakea lands. “ CMS is pleased the decommissioning process is on-track and progressing,” said CMS Executive Director Greg Chun. The UH Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship ( CMS, formerly known as the Office of Maunakea Management) is working to enhance a stronger foundation of stewardship on the mauna which includes proper decommissioning of telescopes. Related UH News story: Decommissioning of 2 Maunakea telescopes expected to be complete by 2023, February 20, 2020.

The Maunakea Management Board ( MKMB) unanimously approved an Environmental Assessment ( EA) draft as part of the Site Decommission Plan for CSO on Monday, May 31.Ĭaltech is responsible for the cost of decommissioning and, as part of the process, has completed an archeological assessment, a cultural setting analysis, a hydrogeological evaluation, a biological inventory, a biological setting analysis, a traffic analysis and an asbestos/lead paint/mold survey.Īlong with completing the draft EA, which describes the site as well as the potential impacts of the decommissioning process, CSO has also completed a historic preservation review, Draft Mitigation/Monitoring Plan and Decommissioning Funding Plan. The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory ( CSO), one of five Maunakea telescopes that the University of Hawaiʻi says will be removed from the summit in the next decade, is a step closer to decommissioning. The California Institute of Technology Submillimeter Observatory