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stations and fiber optic connections outside 

of Iran and the provision and management of 

satellite capacity for sale or resale to the 

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), 

where such ground connectivity services and 

satellite capacity are to be used for the 

provision to Iran of public international 

telecommunications services, and; 

b. transactions involving the provision of 

the following related administrative services 

to, or for the benefit of, the IRIB, to the extent 

such services are necessary to establish and 

maintain ground and satellite connectivity 

with IRIB: 

standard operational support, including 

coordinating with in-country personnel on 

matters such as configuring ground and earth 

station equipment to access space segment 

capacity; marketing services; billing services; 

and legal services, and excluding any 

transactions involving persons other than 

IRIB on the SDN List. 

These waivers shall take effect upon 

transmittal to Congress. 

(Signed John F. Kerry, Secretary of State) 

Therefore, these sanctions have been 

waived as described in the 

determinations above. Relevant agencies 

and instrumentalities of the United 

States Government shall take all 

appropriate measures within their 

authority to carry out the provisions of 

this notice. 

Dated: February 10, 2014. 

Kris R. Urs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic and 

Business Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Supplemental Environmental 

Assessment (EA) and Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Blue 

Origin West Texas Launch Site 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

Supplemental EA and FONSI. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), Council on Environmental 

Quality NEPA implementing regulations 

(40 CFR Parts 1500–1508), and FAA 

Order 1050.1E, Change 1, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of the 

Supplemental EA and FONSI for the 

Blue Origin West Texas Launch Site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Specialist, 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Supplemental EA was prepared to 

analyze the potential environmental 

impacts of FAA’s Proposed Action of 

issuing experimental permits and/or 

launch licenses to Blue Origin for 

operation of various suborbital reusable 

launch vehicles (RLVs) at Blue Origin’s 

West Texas launch site. This 

Supplemental EA evaluates the 

potential environmental impacts of 

operation of the RLVs, construction of 

support infrastructure, ground 

operations (e.g., engine testing), and 

amateur launches. All construction 

activities related to the Proposed Action 

would occur within the Blue Origin 

property line. 

The FAA previously analyzed the 

potential environmental impacts of 

issuing one or more experimental 

permits and/or launch licenses to Blue 

Origin to operate suborbital RLVs in the 

August 2006 Final Environmental 

Assessment for the Blue Origin West 

Texas Commercial Launch Site (2006 

EA). The 2006 EA evaluated the 

potential environmental impacts of 

construction and operation of a 

commercial launch site on privatelyowned property in Culberson County, 

Texas, and assessed 52 annual launches 

of earlier RLV versions over a five-year 

period, from 2006 to 2010. The current 

Proposed Action falls outside the scope 

of the 2006 EA, because (1) the 2006 EA 

limited the environmental analysis to 

the years 2006–2010 and Blue Origin 

now proposes to continue RLV 

development operations through 2019; 

(2) the propellants and certain other 

characteristics of the proposed RLVs are 

different than the previous versions; and 

(3) Blue Origin proposes additional 

construction activities. 

The Blue Origin West Texas launch 

site is located approximately 25 miles 

north of Van Horn, Texas. It lies within 

a larger, privately-owned property 

known as the Corn Ranch. The 

Supplemental EA addresses the 

potential environmental impacts of 

implementing the Proposed Action and 

the No Action Alternative. 

Under the Proposed Action, the FAA 

would issue experimental permits and/ 

or launch licenses for the operation of 

various suborbital RLVs at Blue Origin’s 

West Texas launch site. The Proposed 

Action includes the activities that 

would be authorized by an experimental 

permit or launch license (i.e., the 

operation of the launch vehicles) as well 

as construction of support infrastructure 

required to support the proposed RLV 

activities, ground testing activities, and 

amateur launches that would occur at 

the launch site. Experimental permits 

would be valid for one year. Launch 

licenses could be valid for up to two 

years. The FAA could renew 

experimental permits and launch 

licenses if requested, by Blue Origin, in 

writing, at least 60 days before the 

permit expires, or at least 90 days before 

the license expires. 

For purposes of analyzing 

environmental impacts in the 

Supplemental EA, the FAA assumed a 

conservative number of launches of the 

various suborbital RLVs for each of the 

years analyzed (2014–2019). The FAA 

assumed a maximum of up to 54 annual 

launches between 2014 and 2019 of the 

largest contemplated vehicle 

configuration as the basis for assessing 

environmental impact. 

The only alternative to the Proposed 

Action analyzed in the Supplemental 

EA is the No Action Alternative. Under 

the No Action Alternative, the FAA 

would not issue experimental permits 

and/or launch licenses to Blue Origin 

for the operation of various suborbital 

RLVs at Blue Origin’s West Texas 

launch site. Existing Blue Origin 

activities that do not require an FAA 

experimental permit or license could 

continue at the launch site, including 

but not limited to amateur rocketry 

operations, ground tests, and 

construction. 

The environmental impact categories 

considered in the Supplemental EA 

include air quality; construction 

impacts; fish, wildlife, and plants; 

hazardous materials, pollution 

prevention, and solid waste; historical, 

architectural, archaeological, and 

cultural resources; and noise. Potential 

cumulative impacts of the Proposed 

Action and No Action Alternative are 

also addressed in the Supplemental EA. 

The FAA has posted the 

Supplemental EA and FONSI on the 

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

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/review/permits/. 

Issued in Washington, DC on: February 7, 

2014. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

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