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provided public notice and opportunity 

for comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Europe, Western Hemisphere 

and Africa, Bureau of Energy Resources, 

U.S. Department of State, (ENR/EDP/

EWA), 2201 C St. NW., Ste. 4843, 

Washington, DC 20520. Attn: Deputy 

Director. Tel: 202–647–2041. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information concerning the 

Vantage pipeline facilities can be found 

at http://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/ 

applicants/pembina/index.htm. 

Documents related to the Department of 

State’s review of the application for a 

Presidential Permit can be found at 

http://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant. 

Dated: December 7, 2015. 

Chris Davy, 

Deputy Director, Energy Resources Bureau, 

Energy Diplomacy, (ENR/EDP/EWA), Bureau 

of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–31873 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for Issuing or Modifying 

Launch Licenses for Space 

Exploration Technologies Corp. 

(SpaceX) Falcon Launch Vehicle 

Landings at Landing Complex-1 at 

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 

(CCAFS), Florida 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

FONSI. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 United 

States Code 4321 et seq.), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 Code of 

Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500 to 

1508), and FAA Order 1050.1F, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, the FAA is announcing the 

availability of a FONSI, based on the 

analysis and findings of the U.S. Air 

Force’s (USAF’s) December 2014 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Space Exploration Technologies 

Vertical Landing of the Falcon Vehicle 

and Construction at Launch Complex 13 

at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 

Florida (EA). Subsequent to the USAF 

issuing the EA, Launch Complex-13 was 

renamed to Landing Complex-1 (LC–1). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Room 325, Washington, DC 20591; 

email Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov; or 

phone (202) 267–5924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

participated as a cooperating agency 

with the USAF in the preparation of the 

EA, which evaluated the potential 

environmental impacts of SpaceX 

conducting vertical landings of a Falcon 

launch vehicle first stage at LC–1 at 

CCAFS, as well as related construction. 

Landings could include a Falcon 9 first 

stage or a single core of a Falcon Heavy 

first stage. The National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration also 

participated as a cooperating agency in 

the preparation of the EA. 

As the Proposed Action would require 

Federal actions (as defined in 40 CFR 

1508.18) involving the USAF and the 

FAA, the EA was prepared to satisfy the 

NEPA obligations of both agencies. The 

USAF issued a FONSI on January 8, 

2015, which stated that the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the Proposed Action would not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment, and therefore the 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) was not required. The 

FAA has formally adopted the EA and 

also issued a FONSI to support the 

issuance of new launch licenses or 

modify existing launch licenses to allow 

SpaceX to conduct Falcon landings at 

LC–1. 

The Proposed Action analyzed in the 

EA consists of SpaceX conducting 

Falcon landings at LC–1 and 

construction activities, including land 

clearing, construction of landing pads, 

and supporting infrastructure 

modifications at LC–1. SpaceX 

anticipates no more than 12 landings 

per year (one per month). Operations at 

LC–1 would also include post-flight 

landing and safing activities. The FAA’s 

Proposed Action is to issue new launch 

licenses or modify existing launch 

licenses to allow SpaceX to conduct 

vertical landings of a Falcon launch 

vehicle first stage at CCAFS. 

Alternatives analyzed as part of the 

FONSI include the Proposed Action and 

the No Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, the FAA would not 

issue or modify launch licenses to allow 

SpaceX to conduct Falcon landings at 

CCAFS. The Falcon first stage would 

continue to land in the Atlantic Ocean. 

Based on its independent review and 

consideration, the FAA issued a FONSI 

concurring with the analysis of impacts 

and findings in the EA and formally 

adopting the EA to support issuing new 

launch licenses or modifying existing 

launch licenses to allow SpaceX to 

conduct vertical landings of a Falcon 

launch vehicle first stage at CCAFS. 

After reviewing and analyzing available 

data and information on existing 

conditions, potential impacts, and 

measures to mitigate those impacts, the 

FAA has determined that issuing or 

modifying launch licenses to allow 

SpaceX to conduct vertical landings of 

a Falcon launch vehicle first stage at 

CCAFS is a Federal action that would 

not significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment within the meaning 

of NEPA. Therefore, the preparation of 

an EIS is not required, and the FAA has 

issued a FONSI. The FAA made this 

determination in accordance with all 

applicable environmental laws and FAA 

regulations. 

The FAA has posted the EA and 

FONSI on the internet at http://

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/nepa_docs/review/

launch/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

15, 2015. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32158 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Air Traffic Procedures Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that a meeting of 

the Federal Aviation Administration Air 

Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee 

(ATPAC) will be held to review present 

air traffic control procedures and 

practices for standardization, revision, 

clarification, and upgrading of 

terminology and procedures. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 from 12:45 

p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday, 

February 24, 2016 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

CGH Technologies, Inc., 600 Maryland 

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