Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 182 / Friday, September 19, 2014 / Notices 56431 

email FAAKodiakEA@icfi.com; 

telephone (202) 267–9305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

EA was prepared to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

FAA modifying the Alaska Aerospace 

Corporation’s (AAC’s) Launch Site 

Operator License to include medium-lift 

launch capability at the Kodiak Launch 

Complex (KLC), a commercial launch 

site currently operated under a FAA 

Launch Site Operator License (LSO–03– 

008), which authorizes only small-lift 

operations. Expansion of launch 

capabilities at KLC would include the 

addition of new infrastructure necessary 

to support medium-lift launches, 

including the construction of a launch 

pad and associated facilities. As part of 

the Proposed Action addressed in the 

EA, AAC would make improvements to 

the KLC to add both solid and liquidpropellant, medium-lift launch 

capability, and to operate the KLC in the 

future as a small-lift and medium-lift 

launch complex. Proposed construction 

at KLC includes six primary 

modifications: construction of Launch 

Pad 3 (LP3), a vehicle processing 

facility, rocket staging facility, liquid 

fuel facility, mission control center and 

improvements to Pasagshak Point Road. 

Proposed launch operations would 

include up to six orbital small-lift 

launches and three medium-lift 

launches per year from the existing 

launch pads and from the proposed LP3; 

however, to be conservative in the 

analysis of potential environmental 

impacts in this Draft EA, the EA 

assumes a maximum of nine mediumlift launches per year. 

The Draft EA addresses the potential 

environmental impacts of implementing 

the Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the FAA would not modify 

AAC’s Launch Site Operator License to 

include medium-lift launch capability 

and AAC would not proceed with the 

construction of medium-lift launch 

support infrastructure at KLC. Existing 

launch activities for up to nine orbital 

small-lift class launches per year from 

the existing launch pads would 

continue. 

The impact categories considered in 

the Draft EA include air quality; 

compatible land use; Department of 

Transportation Act: Section 4(f); fish, 

wildlife, and plants; hazardous 

materials, pollution prevention, and 

solid waste; historical, architectural, 

archaeological, and cultural resources; 

light emissions and visual impacts; 

natural resources and energy supply; 

noise; socioeconomic, environmental 

justice, and children’s environmental 

health and safety risk; water quality; 

and wetlands. The Draft EA also 

considers the potential cumulative 

environmental impacts. 

The FAA has posted the Draft EA on 

the FAA Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation Web site: http://

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/nepa_docs/review/

documents_progress/kodiak_launch/. 

A paper copy and a CD version of the 

Draft EA may be reviewed for comment 

during regular business hours at the 

following libraries: 

• Kodiak Public Library, 612 Egan 

Way, Kodiak, AK 99615 

• University of Alaska Anchorage— 

Carolyn Floyd Library, 117 Benny 

Benson Drive, Kodiak, AK 99615 

• Anchorage Municipal Library, 3600 

Denali St., Anchorage, AK 99503 

The FAA will hold an open house 

public meeting to solicit comments from 

the public concerning the scope and 

content of the Draft EA. Details of the 

meeting are as follows: 

• October 7, 2014, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 

p.m., Kodiak Inn Best Western, 

Katurwik Room, 236 E. Rezanof Dr., 

Kodiak, AK 99615 

The public will be able to speak to 

project representatives one-on-one and 

submit written comments or provide 

oral comments to a stenographer. Oral 

and written comments are weighted 

evenly. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

encourages all interested parties to 

provide comments concerning the scope 

and content of the Draft EA. To ensure 

that all comments can be addressed in 

the Final EA, comments on the draft 

must be received by the FAA no later 

than October 15, 2014. Comments 

should be as specific as possible and 

address the analysis of potential 

environmental impacts and the 

adequacy of the proposed action or 

merits of alternatives and the mitigation 

being considered. Reviewers should 

organize their comments to be 

meaningful and inform the FAA of their 

interests and concerns by quoting or 

providing specific references to the text 

of the Draft EA. Matters that could have 

been raised with specificity during the 

comment period on the Draft EA may 

not be considered if they are raised for 

the first time later in the decision 

process. This commenting procedure is 

intended to ensure that substantive 

comments and concerns are made 

available to the FAA in a timely manner 

so that the FAA has an opportunity to 

address them. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments in 

writing to Stacey M. Zee, Federal 

Aviation Administration, c/o ICF 

International, 9300 Lee Highway, 

Fairfax, VA 22031; or by email at 

FAAKodiakEA@icfi.com. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

15, 2014. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22401 Filed 9–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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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, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

Name: Research, Engineering & 

Development Advisory Committee. 

Time and Date: October 09, 2014— 

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 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 

Chinita A. Roundtree-Coleman at (609) 

485–7149 or chinita.roundtreecoleman@faa.gov. Members of the 

public may present a written statement 

to the Committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2014. 

Chinita A. Roundtree-Coleman, 

Computer Specialist. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22381 Filed 9–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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