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environmental impacts of recurring 

activities and proposed future actions at 

Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). Under 

the Proposed Action in the 2005 EA, 

NASA would construct new facilities, 

demolish old facilities, and improve 

existing facilities at WFF. In addition, 

NASA would expand operations at WFF 

while continuing existing operations. 

Operations activities considered in the 

2005 EA included rocket launches of 

multiple vehicle types, including the 

Pegasus vehicle, among other flightrelated activities. Under the FAA’s 

Proposed Action as stated in the FONSI, 

the FAA would renew a Launch 

Operator License to Orbital Sciences 

Corporation for the continued operation 

of Pegasus expendable launch vehicles 

at WFF. A launch operator license 

would authorize launches of Pegasus 

vehicles over the 5-year term of the 

license. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1, 

paragraph 410, the FAA has 

independently evaluated the 

information contained in the 2005 EA 

and has verified the continued validity 

of the analysis contained in the EA. The 

FAA has determined that the 2005 EA 

sufficiently addresses the concerns of 

the FAA and complies with FAA 

requirements for implementing NEPA as 

stated in FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1. 

The FAA has determined that there is 

no new information or analysis that 

would require preparation of a new or 

supplemental EA or Environmental 

Impact Statement according to the CEQ 

Regulations (40 CFR 1502.9(c)(1)). 

Therefore, the FAA issues the FONSI 

concurring with the analysis of impacts 

and findings in the 2005 EA and 

formally adopts the EA in compliance 

with the requirements 40 CFR 1506.3 to 

support renewing a Launch Operator 

License to Orbital Sciences Corporation 

for the continued operation of Pegasus 

expendable launch vehicles at WFF. 

The 2005 EA is incorporated by 

reference and is summarized as 

necessary in the FONSI. NASA has 

posted the 2005 EA on the internet at 

http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code250/docs/

Final%20Site-Wide%20EA.pdf. 

The FAA has posted the FONSI on the 

internet at http://www.faa.gov/about/

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Program Lead, Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 325, Washington, 

DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–5924; Email daniel.czelusniak@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 1, 

2011. 

Michael McElligott, 

Manager, Space Systems Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5104 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee 

Pursuant to section 10(A)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the FAA 

Research, Engineering and Development 

(R,E&D) Advisory Committee. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Name: Research, Engineering & 

Development Advisory Committee. 

Time and Date: April 20, 2011—9:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Place: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW—Round Room (10th 

Floor), Washington, DC 20591. 

Purpose: The meeting agenda will 

include receiving from the Committee 

guidance for FAA’s research and 

development investments in the areas of 

air traffic services, airports, aircraft 

safety, human factors and environment 

and energy. Attendance is open to the 

interested public but seating is limited. 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain information should contact 

Gloria Dunderman at (202) 267–8937 or 

gloria.dunderman@faa.gov. Attendees 

will have to present picture ID at the 

security desk and be escorted to the 

Round Room. 

Members of the public may present a 

written statement to the Committee at 

any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24, 

2011. 

Paul Fontaine, 

Director (A), Research & Technology 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4827 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; JacksonEvers International Airport, Jackson, 

MS 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Jackson 

Municipal Airport Authority for 

Jackson-Evers International Airport 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 

et seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act) and 14 CFR Part 150 are 

in compliance with applicable 

requirements. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps is February 18, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Linquist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Jackson Airports 

District Office, 100 West Cross Street, 

Suite B, Jackson, Mississippi 39208– 

2307, (601) 664–9893. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Jackson-Evers International Airport 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

February 18, 2011. Under 49 U.S.C. 

47503 of the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act (hereinafter referred to 

as ‘‘the Act’’), an airport operator may 

submit to the FAA noise exposure maps 

which meet applicable regulations and 

which depict non-compatible land uses 

as of the date of submission of such 

maps, a description of projected aircraft 

operations, and the ways in which such 

operations will affect such maps. The 

Act requires such maps to be developed 

in consultation with interested and 

affected parties in the local community, 

government agencies, and persons using 

the airport. An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 


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