83_FR_42921 83 FR 42757 - Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee-Open Meeting

83 FR 42757 - Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee-Open Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 164 (August 23, 2018)

Page Range42757-42757
FR Document2018-18236

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC).

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-18236]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee--Open Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Commercial Space 
Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC).

DATES: The meeting will take place on October 31, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m., and November 1, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC. Guests should allow time for security 
screening when entering the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Di Reimold, COMSTAC Executive 
Director; (202) 267-0427, email [email protected], FAA Office of 
Commercial Space Transportation, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Room 331, 
Washington, DC 20591. Complete information regarding COMSTAC is 
available on the FAA website at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_committee/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The preliminary schedule for the COMSTAC meetings on October 31st 
is below:

--Industry Update
--DOT & AST Updates
--Infrastructure Working Group Discussion
--Safety Working Group Discussion
--Legal and Regulatory Working Group Discussion
--Competitiveness and Innovation Working Group Discussion
--Public Comments

    The proposed schedule for the COMSTAC meeting on November 1, 2018 
is below:

--Infrastructure Working Group Report
--Safety Working Group Report
--Legal and Regulatory Working Group Report
--Competitiveness and Innovation Working Group Report
--Discussion of Future Tasks
--Public Comments

    Attendance is open to the public but limited to the space 
available. Please confirm your attendance with the person listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than October 12, 2018. 
Please provide the following information: Full legal name, country of 
citizenship, email address, and name of your industry association, or 
applicable affiliation. If you are attending as a public citizen, 
please indicate so.
    For persons participating by telephone, please contact the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by email no later 
than October 12, 2018 for the teleconference call-in number and 
passcode. Callers are responsible for paying long-distance charges.
    If you are in need of assistance or require a reasonable 
accommodation for this meeting, please contact the person listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section at least 10 calendar days 
before the meeting. Sign and oral interpretation can be made available 
if requested 10 calendar days before the meeting.
    Interested members of the public may submit relevant written 
statements for the COMSTAC members to consider under the advisory 
process. Statements may concern the issues and agenda items mentioned 
above and/or additional issues that may be relevant for the U.S. 
commercial space transportation industry. Interested parties wishing to 
submit written statements should contact the person listed below in 
writing (mail or email) 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF MEETING so that the 
information can be made available to COMSTAC members for their review 
and consideration before the meeting. Written statements should be 
supplied in the following formats: One hard copy with original 
signature and/or one electronic copy via email. Portable Document 
Format (PDF) attachments are preferred for email submissions. A 
detailed agenda will be posted on the FAA website at www.faa.gov/go/ast.

    Issued in Washington, DC, August 20, 2018.
Kelvin Coleman,
Acting Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2018-18236 Filed 8-22-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 164 / Thursday, August 23, 2018 / Notices 42757 period on the Draft EA may not be Issued in Washington, DC, on August 17, —Legal and Regulatory Working Group considered if they are raised for the first 2018. Report time later in the decision process. This Daniel Murray, —Competitiveness and Innovation comment procedure is intended to Manager, Space Transportation Development Working Group Report ensure that substantive comments and Division. —Discussion of Future Tasks concerns are made available to the FAA [FR Doc. 2018–18252 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] —Public Comments in a timely manner so that the FAA has BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Attendance is open to the public but an opportunity to address them. limited to the space available. Please Before including your address, phone DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION confirm your attendance with the number, email address, or other person listed in the FOR FURTHER personal identifying information in your Federal Aviation Administration INFORMATION CONTACT section no later comment, be advised that your entire than October 12, 2018. Please provide comment—including your personal Commercial Space Transportation the following information: Full legal identifying information—may be made Advisory Committee—Open Meeting name, country of citizenship, email publicly available at any time. While address, and name of your industry AGENCY: Federal Aviation association, or applicable affiliation. If you can ask us in your comment to Administration (FAA), DOT. withhold from the public review your you are attending as a public citizen, ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space please indicate so. personal identifying information, we Transportation Advisory Committee cannot guarantee that we will be able to For persons participating by meeting. telephone, please contact the person do so. SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION The FAA has prepared the Draft EA CONTACT section by email no later than to evaluate the potential environmental the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of October 12, 2018 for the teleconference impacts of the construction and call-in number and passcode. Callers are the Commercial Space Transportation operation of the SLF as a launch responsible for paying long-distance Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). location for horizontally launched and charges. DATES: The meeting will take place on landed launch vehicles and issuing a If you are in need of assistance or Launch Site Operator License to Space October 31, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 require a reasonable accommodation for p.m., and November 1, 2018 from 9:00 this meeting, please contact the person Florida at the SLF. The EA considers the a.m. to 1:30 p.m. listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION potential environmental impacts of the Proposed Action and the No Action ADDRESSES: Department of CONTACT section at least 10 calendar Alternative. The successful completion Transportation (DOT) headquarters, days before the meeting. Sign and oral 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, interpretation can be made available if of the environmental review process Washington, DC. Guests should allow requested 10 calendar days before the does not guarantee that the FAA Office time for security screening when meeting. of Commercial Space Transportation entering the building. Interested members of the public may would issue a Launch Site Operator FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Di submit relevant written statements for License to Space Florida. The project Reimold, COMSTAC Executive Director; the COMSTAC members to consider must also meet all FAA requirements of (202) 267–0427, email COMSTAC@ under the advisory process. Statements a Launch Site Operator License. faa.gov, FAA Office of Commercial may concern the issues and agenda Individual launch operators proposing Space Transportation, 800 to launch from the site would be items mentioned above and/or Independence Avenue SW, Room 331, additional issues that may be relevant required to obtain a separate launch Washington, DC 20591. Complete for the U.S. commercial space operator license. information regarding COMSTAC is transportation industry. 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Written statements should the commercial space launch site at the —Industry Update be supplied in the following formats: SLF to commercial space operators to —DOT & AST Updates One hard copy with original signature support their application to acquire a —Infrastructure Working Group and/or one electronic copy via email. launch license or experimental permit Discussion Portable Document Format (PDF) (when their operations match those —Safety Working Group Discussion attachments are preferred for email described and assessed within this EA) —Legal and Regulatory Working Group submissions. A detailed agenda will be to allow them to conduct horizontal Discussion posted on the FAA website at launches and horizontal landings of —Competitiveness and Innovation www.faa.gov/go/ast. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES launch vehicles at the SLF. 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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee meeting.
DatesThe meeting will take place on October 31, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and November 1, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
ContactDi Reimold, COMSTAC Executive Director; (202) 267-0427, email [email protected], FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Room 331, Washington, DC 20591. Complete information regarding COMSTAC is available on the FAA website at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_committee/.
FR Citation83 FR 42757 
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