About the Pacific Missile Range Facility
Pacific Missile Range Facility and Kōkeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory Real Estate Environmental Impact Statement
Background
The U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) is the world's largest instrumented multi-domain training and testing facility. What makes PMRF unique is its ability to simultaneously support surface, subsurface, air, and space operations. PMRF brings about $150 million annually to Kauaʻi County.
PMRF engages and actively participates with the community. Personnel who work at PMRF take great pride in their role as caretakers of the cultural and natural resources they are entrusted with. As the largest high-tech and third largest overall employer on Kaua‘i, many of the personnel are from the community. View the Conservation & Community page for more information.
About the Land Leases and Easements
The Navy currently leases or holds easements for approximately 8,172 acres of State of Hawai‘i land primarily for passive encroachment buffer as well as for mission operations, access, and utilities for PMRF in Kaua‘i. The Navy proposes to retain the use of 8,172 acres of State of Hawai‘i lands on Kaua‘i in support of continued military training, testing, and facility operations at PMRF.
For portions of PMRF, the Navy has real estate agreements with the State of Hawaiʻi for 8,172 acres, comprised of 684 acres of leaseholds and 7,488 acres of easements.
The Navy operates on approximately 410 acres of the total acres leased from the State of Hawai‘i. The remaining acres are used as buffer zones, conservation areas, infrastructure, and access corridors.
The Navy’s existing real estate agreements for state lands were established in 1964 and 1965 and are set to expire between 2027 and 2030.
Current Land Agreements - West Kaua‘i
Navy use of these state lands is required to maintain technological and safety capabilities supporting PMRF training and testing. Navy training and testing operations do not occur on these state lands. The environmental effects of these training and testing operations are fully analyzed in previous, focused environmental documents referenced in Section 1.5 of the Draft EIS [SEE DOCUMENTS PAGE]. It also ensures the continued conservation management by the Navy of natural and cultural resources on these lands.
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