Representative Environmental Projects

Hawaii Range Complex Environmental Impact Statement—Hawaiian Islands

This EIS analyzed the impact of an increase in the scope and pace of Navy training activities and ballistic missile defense requirements in the Hawaii Range Complex. Thirteen environmental resource areas were evaluated to determine potential effects of proposed and ongoing activities, and three alternatives were offered as a result of the evaluation. Areas evaluated included air quality, airspace, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, hazardous materials and waste, health and safety, land use, noise, socioeconomics, transportation, utilities, and water resources.

Ehime Maru Environmental Assessment—Oahu, HI

An environmental assessment (EA) was prepared to determine the impact of the Navy’s decision to raise the sunken Japanese training vessel, Ehime Maru. We conducted detailed marine surveys to determine a proper site for the relocation of the wreck, and developed an environmentally sensitive mooring plan utilizing concrete. We also developed a detailed mitigation and recovery plan to handle possible hazardous material spills during the recovery effort, as well as conducting socioeconomic studies on the overall impact. The entire EA was completed on a highly accelerated 10-week schedule.

Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Extended Test Range (ETR) Environmental Impact Statement—Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Open Ocean Areas

This Environmental Impact Statement analyzed the potential impacts of constructing, operating, and testing the Ground-Based Missile Defense system. We analyzed 16 resource areas and addressed public concern over safety. Specialized studies were conducted in air quality, water quality, hazardous materials, air space, economics (international shipping impacts), cultural resources, threatened and endangered species, and electromagnetic radiation.

Environmental planning and compliance

Our work has ranged from programmatic environmental documents for major weapon systems and military activities, to abbreviated Environmental Assessments (EAs) for military land disposal and acquisition. For many of these projects, KAYA has supported the full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and EA process, from scoping through the preparation of the Record of Decision or Finding of No Significant Impact. Fundamental to this process is the ability and experience of our Project Managers to focus on the important issues, thereby avoiding the delay and cost associated with analyzing non-significant resource areas.

We have experience working with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) Environmental Office (SMDC-EN-V) and test range environmental offices. This experience includes implementation of DoD environmental protection directives, Hazardous Materials Management Programs, and the Army regulations that implement the Pollution Prevention Act.

Web-enabled environmental project sites are currently in use to support our clients for environmental compliance. Existing environmental collaboration web sites have helped KAYA managers to receive an average rating of 97.9% on an ongoing award fee contract for SMDC Environmental Documentation Support.

KAYA staff have provided support to the SMDC Environmental Office in overseeing environmental compliance activities at SMDC installations and activities at numerous sites in the Pacific region, Alaska, and CONUS. Activities include all media and all aspects of environmental stewardship and pollution abatement.

Cultural resource management

One of KAYA’s strongest specialty resource areas is cultural resources management. We provide the full range of cultural resources management services, including coordination and implementation of the compliance processes required by federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. Our experience has been applied to a variety of environmental activities and in support of federal, state, and local clients. Past and present federal clients include all branches of the DoD, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (various Districts), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Field services include archival research and records searches at the local, regional, national, and international levels; CONUS and OCONUS large- and small-scale archaeological and buildings surveys; and consultation with agencies and cultural groups at all levels across the United States and in the central Pacific. The various types of cultural resources documents prepared include research designs:

• Survey and excavation reports
• National Register of Historic Places (National Register) evaluations ,determinations of eligibility, and nomination forms
• Historic contexts
• Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) documentation
• Cultural resources management plans
• Agreement documents (Memoranda of Agreement and Programmatic Agreements)
• Mitigation plans.

In addition, KAYA has extensive experience analyzing impacts on all classes of cultural resources under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), various state environmental statutes, and conducting environmental compliance audits at major DoD and Federal Aviation Administration facilities across the United States.

Specialized cultural resources experience includes a comprehensive knowledge of American military construction and architecture, particularly as it relates to lighter-than-air facilities and equipment, World War II, Man-in-Space, and the Cold War. Our staff have also evaluated early American homesteads, ranches, and farms; 19th century schoolhouses; missile complexes; industrial plants; radar facilities; and state-of-the art telescopes and optical systems.