Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 10, 2012 / Notices 21619 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7814] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 

April 25, 2012, in Room 2501 of the 

United States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–7126. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the 90th Session of the 

International Maritime Organization’s 

(IMO) Marine Safety Committee to be 

held at the IMO Headquarters, London, 

England, United Kingdom, May 16–25, 

2012. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

Consideration and adoption of 

amendments to mandatory instruments; 

Measures to enhance maritime security; 

Goal-based new ship construction 

standards; 

LRIT-related matters; 

Flag State implementation; 

Radiocommunications and search and 

rescue; 

Ship design and equipment; 

Safety of navigation; 

Fire protection; 

Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and 

containers; 

Stability, load lines and fishing vessel 

safety; 

Bulk liquids and gases; 

Implementation of the STCW Convention; 

Technical assistance sub-programme in 

maritime safety and security; 

Capacity-building for the implementation 

of new measures; 

Role of the human element; 

Formal safety assessment; 

Piracy and armed robbery against ships; 

General cargo ship safety; 

Implementation of instruments and related 

matters; 

Relations with other organizations; 

Application of the Committee’s Guidelines; 

Passenger ship safety. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, LCDR Matthew 

Frazee, by email at imo@uscg.mil, by 

phone at (202) 372–1376, or in writing 

at Commandant (CG–52), U.S. Coast 

Guard, 2100 2nd Street SW., Stop 7126, 

Washington, DC 20593–7126 not later 

than April 18, 2012, 7 days prior to the 

meeting. Requests made after April 18, 

2012 might not be able to be 

accommodated. Please note that due to 

security considerations, two valid, 

government issued photo identifications 

must be presented to gain entrance to 

the Headquarters building. The 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

taxi and privately owned conveyance 

(public transportation is not generally 

available). However, parking in the 

vicinity of the building is extremely 

limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8636 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending March 10, 2011 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under the Sections 412 and 414 of the 

Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49 

U.S.C. 1382 and 1384) and procedures 

governing proceedings to enforce these 

provisions. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2012– 

0035. 

Date Filed: March 7, 2012. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: Mail Vote 702—Resolution 

100 Standard Condition Resolution for 

Special Fares (Memo 1665) Intended 

effective date: 1 April 2012. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8446 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS), Open a Public 

Scoping Period, and Conduct a Public 

Scoping Meeting 

AGENCY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is the lead 

Federal agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

EIS, Open a Public Scoping Period, and 

Conduct a Public Scoping Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This Notice provides 

information to Federal, State, and local 

agencies, Native American tribes, and 

other interested persons regarding the 

FAA’s intent to prepare an EIS for Space 

Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX’s) 

proposal to launch the Falcon 9 and 

Falcon Heavy orbital vertical launch 

vehicles from a private site located in 

Cameron County, Texas. Under the 

Proposed Action, SpaceX proposes to 

construct a vertical launch area and a 

control center area to support up to 12 

commercial launches per year. The 

vehicles to be launched include the 

Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy (up to two per 

year), and a variety of smaller reusable 

suborbital launch vehicles. SpaceX 

would be required to apply for the 

appropriate launch licenses and/or 

experimental permits to be issued by the 

FAA. The FAA will prepare the EIS in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 United States Code [U.S.C.] 

4321 et seq.), the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions 

of NEPA (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508), 

and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, as part of its licensing and 

permitting process. 

DATES: The FAA invites interested 

agencies, organizations, Native 

American tribes, and members of the 

public to submit comments or 

suggestions to assist in identifying 

significant environmental issues and in 

determining the appropriate scope of 

the EIS. The public scoping period starts 

with the publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. To ensure sufficient 

time to consider issues identified during 

the public scoping period, comments 

should be submitted to Ms. Stacey M. 

Zee, FAA Environmental Protection 

Specialist, by one of the methods listed 

below no later than May 30, 2012. All 

comments will receive the same 

attention and consideration in the 

preparation of the EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, statements, or 

questions concerning scoping issues or 

the EIS process should be mailed to: Ms. 

Stacey M. Zee, FAA Environmental 

Protection Specialist, SpaceX EIS c/o 

Cardno TEC Inc., 275 West Street, Suite 

110, Annapolis, MD 21409. Comments 

can also be sent by email to 

faaspacexeis@cardnotec.com or by fax 

to (410) 990–0455. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The FAA is preparing an EIS to 

analyze the potential environmental 


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