78936 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 2014 / Notices 

limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Marc Zlomek, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30711 Filed 12–30–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

and Request for Comment on the Draft 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Houston Spaceport, City of Houston, 

Harris County, Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Notice of 

Public Comment Period, Notice of 

Public Meeting, and Request for 

Comment. 

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 parts 1500 to 1508), 

and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, the FAA is announcing the 

availability of and requesting comments 

on the Draft Environmental Assessment 

for the Houston Spaceport (Draft EA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Suite 325, Washington, DC 20591; 

phone (202) 267–5924; or email 

houstonspaceportEA@houstontx.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

EA was prepared to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of 

Houston Airport System’s (HAS’s) 

proposal to establish and operate a 

commercial space launch site at the 

Ellington Airport (EFD), in Houston, 

Texas and offer the site to prospective 

commercial space launch operators for 

the operation of horizontal take-off and 

horizontal landing Concept X and 

Concept Z reusable launch vehicles 

(RLVs). To operate a commercial space 

launch site, HAS must obtain a 

commercial space launch site operator 

license from the FAA. Under the 

Proposed Action addressed in the Draft 

EA, the FAA would: (1) Issue a launch 

site operator license to HAS for the 

operation of a commercial space launch 

site at EFD; (2) issue launch licenses to 

prospective commercial space launch 

operators that would allow them to 

conduct launches of horizontal take-off 

and horizontal landing Concept X and 

Concept Z RLVs from EFD, and (3) 

provide unconditional approval to the 

Airport Layout Plan (ALP) 

modifications that reflect the 

designation of a spaceport boundary and 

construction of planned spaceport 

facilities and infrastructure. Proposed 

launch operations would begin in 2015 

and continue through 2019 in 

accordance with the terms of the launch 

site operator license. HAS proposes to 

provide RLV operators the ability to 

conduct up to 50 launches and landings 

(or 100 operations) per year, with 

approximately five percent of the 

operations expected to occur during 

night-time hours. 

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 issue a 

launch site operator license to HAS, and 

thus no launch licenses to individual 

commercial space launch vehicle 

operators to operate at EFD. Also, there 

would be no need to update the EFD 

ALP, and thus there would be no FAA 

approval of a revised ALP. Existing 

operations would continue at EFD, 

which is currently classified as a 

commercial primary small-hub airport. 

The environmental impact categories 

considered in the Draft EA include air 

quality; climate; coastal resources; 

compatible land use; Department of 

Transportation Act: Section 4(f); fish, 

wildlife, and plants; floodplains; 

hazardous materials, pollution 

prevention, and solid waste; historical, 

architectural, archaeological, and 

cultural resources; light emissions and 

visual impacts; natural resources and 

energy supply; noise; socioeconomics, 

environmental justice, and children’s 

environmental health and safety risks; 

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/. 

A paper copy and electronic version 

(CD) of the Draft EA may be reviewed 

for comment during regular business 

hours at the following libraries: 

• Clear Lake City-County Freeman 

Branch Library, 16616 Diana Lane, 

Houston, TX 77062 

• Friendswood Public Library, 416 

South Friendswood Drive, 

Friendswood, TX 77546 

• Alvin Library, 105 South Gordon 

Street, Alvin, TX 77511 

• Hitchcock Public Library, 8005 Barry 

Avenue, Hitchcock, TX 77563 

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: 

• January 22, 2015, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., Space Center Houston, 

Silvermoon Conference Room (1st 

floor), 1601 NASA Parkway, 

Houston, TX 77058 

The public will be able to speak to 

project representatives one-on-one and 

submit written comments and/or 

provide oral comments to a 

stenographer. Oral and written 

comments are weighted evenly. 

DATES: 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 on or before January 31, 

2015, or 30 days from the date of 

publication of this Federal Register (FR) 

notice, whichever is later. 

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 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 Mr. Daniel Czelusniak, Office 

of Commercial Space Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave. SW., Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20591, or by email at 

houstonspaceportEA@houstontx.gov. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 2014 / Notices 78937 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 22, 

2014. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30558 Filed 12–30–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Thirtieth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 224, Airport Security 

Access Control Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 224, Airport Security Access 

Control Systems. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the thirtieth 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

224, Airport Security Access Control 

Systems. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 28th, 2015 from 10:00 a.m.–2:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC, 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 224. The agenda will include 

the following: 

January 28th 2015 

• Welcome/Introductions/

Administrative Remarks. 

• Review/Approve Previous Meeting 

Summary 

• Report from the TSA. 

• Report on Safe Skies Document 

Distribution 

• Program Management Committee 

Direction for Consideration of 

Operational Guidance 

• Revised Terms of Reference— 

Review/Approval 

• Individual Document Section 

Reports 

• Action Items for Next Meeting 

• Time and Place of Next Meeting 

• Any Other Business 

• Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

22, 2014. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Program 

Oversight and Administration, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30548 Filed 12–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Sixty-Second Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 186, Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 186, Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the sixty second 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

186, Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). 

DATES: The meeting will be held January 

23, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the RTCA Headquarters—NBAA & 

Colson Conference Rooms, 1150 18th 

Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 

20036 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0662/(202) 833– 

9339, fax (202) 833–9434, or Web site at 

http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 186. The agenda will include 

the following: 

January 23 2015 

• Chairman’s Introductory Remarks 

• Review of Meeting Agenda 

• Review/Approval of the 61st Meeting 

Summary, RTCA Paper No. RTCA 

Paper No. 169–14/SC186–335 

• Surveillance Broadcast Services (SBS) 

Program Status 

• European Activities 

• Updated SC–186 Terms of Reference 

• WG–4—Application Technical 

Requirements 

Æ Flight Deck-based Interval 

Management (FIM) MOPS Status & 

Schedule 

Æ Cockpit Assisted Pilot Procedures 

(CAPP) 

Æ Preliminary look at recent MITRE 

HITL 

• Advanced Interval Management (A– 

IM) Development 

• Coordination with SC–214/WG–78 for 

ADS-B Application Data Link Rqts– 

Status 

• FAA information briefings 

Æ Equip 2020 

Æ Planned TIS–B Service Changes 

Æ Recent Regulatory/Guidance/Policy 

updates 

Æ Summary of Avionics Monitoring 

results 

• Date, Place and Time of Next Meeting 

• New Business 

Æ Overview of 1090 MHz Phase 

Modulation Research 

• Other Business. 

Æ Status brief on Wake Vortex Tiger 

Team 

• Review Action Items/Work Programs 

• Adjourn Plenary 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. 

Persons wishing to present statements 

or obtain information should contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members 

of the public may present a written 

statement to the committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 22, 

2014. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management Analyst, Program Oversight and 

Administration, NextGen, Management 

Services, Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30551 Filed 12–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2014–0040] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Reinstatement of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

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