May 05, 2021
Hawaiiâs Department of Health Recommends Permit for Storm Water Runoff from Thirty Meter Telescope Construction Site
The Department of Health Clean Water Branch published a tentative recommendation to renew a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory.Â
On April 8, 2021, the Department of Health Clean Water Branch (CWB) published in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald a tentative recommendation to renew a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory.Â
The permit requires any future TMT construction site conform to specific storm water runoff practices in order to prevent contamination of waters farther down the mountain, reported West Hawaii Today. The permit identifies Kemole Gulch, Kuupahaa Gulch, Puupohakuoloa Gulch, Pohakuloa Gulch and the Wailuku River as the waters that will receive any storm water runoff fro