Does any portion of the tunnel extend into the congressionally designated Wilderness Area?
A22: In the Conceptual Proposal, to achieve the 7000 foot depth required for our experiments, we propose to extend the last 640 meters of the tunnels and the laboratory area under the Alpine Lakes wilderness area. The laboratory area is roughly circular, with a diameter of about 260 meters. The facilities that extend under the wilderness will be more than a mile below the surface. Any activity in the tunnels or laboratory will be undetectable by anyone using the surface in the wilderness area. In Appendix B of the preproposal the policy of the National Park Service in addressing science under the 1964 Wilderness Act is summarized. Most of the nation’s wilderness is administered by the National Park Service. Science is one of the justifications cited in the 1964 act for creating wilderness. Our use appears fully consistent with the Park Service interpretation of the Wilderness Act as promoting science uses that do not impact wilderness values. We have not found any written policy by the
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