Title  : Establishmnet of CARA-effects
Type   : Antarctic EAM
NSF Org: OD / OPP
Date   : October 22, 1991
File   : opp93037



                                       DIVISION OF POLAR PROGRAMS
                                        OFFICE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
                                                     202/357-7766
MEMORANDUM

   Date:  October 22, 1991

   From:  Environmental Officer, DPP

Subject:  Environmental Action Memorandum (Evaluation of
            Environmental Impact Assessment and Finding on
            Establishment of the Center for Astrophysical
            Research in Antarctica)

     To:  Manager, Polar Atmospheric Sciences Program, DPP
          Files (S.7 - Environment)

The Environmental Officer requested that Dr. Doyal A. Harper,
Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation's
Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA), prepare
an environmental impact assessment on establishment of CARA
facilities at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica.  On
October 16, 1991, the Environmental Officer received the
requested assessment.

The Environmental Officer believes that the subject assessment
clearly identifies and considers alternatives to the establish-
ment of CARA, the potential impacts of CARA on the antarctic
environment near Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and on-going
environmental management actions needed to prevent or mitigate
unnecessary impacts to that environment.  Also, the Environmental
Officer believes that from the information contained in the
assessment it is unlikely that the installation, operation and
maintenance of CARA's facilities will have more than minor or
transitory effects on the environment near Amundsen-Scott South
Pole Station.



                                 Sidney Draggan


cc:  Chairperson, NSF Committee on
       Environmental Matters
     Doyal A. Harper