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Operator License, Spaceport Colorado 

(Final PEA and FONSI/ROD). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stacey Zee, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 

20591; phone (202) 267–9305; email 

Spaceport_Colorado_PEA@icf.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

of County Commissioners (the BOCC) of 

Adams County, Colorado proposes to 

operate a commercial space launch site, 

called ‘‘Spaceport Colorado,’’ at the 

Front Range Airport (FTG), in Watkins, 

Colorado. This would require the FAA 

to issue a launch site operator license to 

the BOCC. FTG is a 3,200-acre general 

aviation airport located in the northeast 

quadrant of the Denver metropolitan 

area, approximately 5 miles southeast of 

the Denver International Airport in 

Adams County, Colorado. Under the 

Proposed Action, the FAA would issue 

a launch site operator license to the 

BOCC, which would authorize the 

BOCC to offer Spaceport Colorado to 

commercial launch providers to conduct 

launch operations of horizontal take-off 

and horizontal landing reusable launch 

vehicles (RLVs). The FAA would also 

conditionally approve FTG’s modified 

Airport Layout Plan (ALP) showing the 

launch site boundary. The Proposed 

Action does not include the approval of 

any launches. Any future application for 

a launch license would be subject to a 

separate environmental review, as 

explained in the Final PEA. 

The Final PEA evaluated the potential 

environmental impacts of the Proposed 

Action and the No Action Alternative. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

FAA would not issue a launch site 

operator license to the BOCC for the 

operation of Spaceport Colorado, FTG 

would not be available to potential RLV 

launch operators, and there would be no 

need for conditional approval of the 

FTG ALP. 

The FAA published a Draft PEA for 

public comment on April 18, 2018. In 

response to preliminary comments 

received on the Draft PEA, the FAA 

extended the comment period from May 

25, 2018 to June 15, 2018. As a result 

of the comments received, the FAA 

made minor revisions to the PEA and 

developed three new appendices. 

Appendix I provides a summary of the 

comments received and FAA’s 

responses. Appendix J provides a copy 

of correspondence with Congressional 

representatives and the FAA. Appendix 

K includes copies of the comments 

received from the public. The FAA has 

posted the Final PEA and FONSI/ROD 

on the FAA Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation website: https://

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/ast/ 

environmental/nepa_docs/review/ 

documents_progress/front_range/. 

Issued in Washington, DC on: August 16, 

2018. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation: Notice of Availability, 

Notice of Public Comment Period, and 

Request for Comment on the Draft 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Shuttle Landing Facility Launch Site 

Operator License 

AGENCY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT) is the lead agency. 

The National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA), U.S. Air Force, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS), and National Park Service 

(NPS) are cooperating agencies for this 

Environmental Assessment (EA) due to 

their special expertise and jurisdictions 

(40 CFR 1508.15 and 1508.26). 

ACTION: Notice of availability, notice of 

public comment period, and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is announcing the 

availability of and requesting comments 

on the Draft EA for the Shuttle Landing 

Facility (SLF) Launch Site Operator 

License. The FAA has prepared the 

Draft EA to evaluate the potential 

environmental impacts of the FAA 

issuing a Launch Site Operator License 

to Space Florida for the operation of a 

commercial space launch site at the 

SLF. Under the proposed action, Space 

Florida would construct facilities 

related to the proposed launch site and 

operate a commercial space launch site 

at the SLF to conduct launches of 

horizontal takeoff and horizontal 

landing launch vehicles from the SLF. 

The Draft EA considers the potential 

environmental impacts of the Proposed 

Action and the No Action Alternative. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments or 

questions regarding the Draft EA to 

Shuttle Launching Facility 

Environmental Assessment, Attn. Pete 

Eggert, 505 Odyssey Way, Suite 300, 

Exploration Park, FL 32953. Comments 

may also be submitted by email to 

PEggert@spaceflorida.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacey M. Zee, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 

20591; email Stacey.Zee@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

has prepared the Draft EA in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 United States 

Code 4321 et seq.), the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions 

of NEPA (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations parts 1500–1508), and FAA 

Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures, as part of its 

licensing process. Concurrent with the 

NEPA process and to determine the 

potential effects of the Proposed Action 

on historic and cultural properties, the 

FAA has initiated Section 106 

Consultation with the Florida State 

Historic Preservation Office and the 

following Native America tribes: 

Catawba Indian Nation, Chitimacha 

Tribe of Louisiana, Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana, Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, 

Muscogge (Creek) Nation, Poarch Band 

of Creek Indians, Seminole Nation of 

Oklahoma, and Seminole Tribe of 

Florida. The FAA has also consulted 

with the USFWS under Section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act regarding 

potential impacts on federally-listed 

threatened and endangered species. 

Pursuant to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation Act of 1966, this EA will 

comply with the requirements of 

Section 4(f) of the Act. 

An electronic version of the Draft EA 

is available on the FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation 

website at: https://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/ 

environmental/nepa_docs/review/ 

documents_progress/space_florida/. 

The FAA encourages all interested 

agencies, organizations, Native 

American tribes, and members of the 

public to submit comments concerning 

the analysis presented in the Draft EA 

by September 17, 2018. Comments 

should be as specific as possible and 

address the analysis of potential 

environmental impacts. Reviewers 

should organize their participation so 

that it is meaningful and makes the 

agency aware of the viewer’s interests 

and concerns using quotations and other 

specific references to the text of the 

Draft EA and related documents. 

Matters that could have been raised 

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period on the Draft EA may not be 

considered if they are raised for the first 

time later in the decision process. This 

comment 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. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold from the public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

The FAA has prepared the Draft EA 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts of the construction and 

operation of the SLF as a launch 

location for horizontally launched and 

landed launch vehicles and issuing a 

Launch Site Operator License to Space 

Florida at the SLF. The EA considers the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. The successful completion 

of the environmental review process 

does not guarantee that the FAA Office 

of Commercial Space Transportation 

would issue a Launch Site Operator 

License to Space Florida. The project 

must also meet all FAA requirements of 

a Launch Site Operator License. 

Individual launch operators proposing 

to launch from the site would be 

required to obtain a separate launch 

operator license. 

The Proposed Action is for Space 

Florida to construct facilities related to 

the proposed launch site and for the 

FAA to issue a Launch Site Operator 

License to Space Florida for the 

operation of a commercial space launch 

site at the SLF. The Proposed Action 

would also allow Space Florida to offer 

the commercial space launch site at the 

SLF to commercial space operators to 

support their application to acquire a 

launch license or experimental permit 

(when their operations match those 

described and assessed within this EA) 

to allow them to conduct horizontal 

launches and horizontal landings of 

launch vehicles at the SLF. The 

alternatives under consideration include 

the Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the FAA would not issue a 

Launch Site Operator License to Space 

Florida. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 17, 

2018. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee—Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

notice is hereby given of a meeting of 

the Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

October 31, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., and November 1, 2018 from 9:00 

a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of 

Transportation (DOT) headquarters, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC. Guests should allow 

time for security screening when 

entering the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Di 

Reimold, COMSTAC Executive Director; 

(202) 267–0427, email COMSTAC@

faa.gov, FAA Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591. Complete 

information regarding COMSTAC is 

available on the FAA website at: http:// 

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_

committee/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The preliminary schedule for the 

COMSTAC meetings on October 31st is 

below: 

—Industry Update 

—DOT & AST Updates 

—Infrastructure Working Group 

Discussion 

—Safety Working Group Discussion 

—Legal and Regulatory Working Group 

Discussion 

—Competitiveness and Innovation 

Working Group Discussion 

—Public Comments 

The proposed schedule for the 

COMSTAC meeting on November 1, 

2018 is below: 

—Infrastructure Working Group Report 

—Safety Working Group Report 

—Legal and Regulatory Working Group 

Report 

—Competitiveness and Innovation 

Working Group Report 

—Discussion of Future Tasks 

—Public Comments 

Attendance is open to the public but 

limited to the space available. Please 

confirm your attendance with the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section no later 

than October 12, 2018. Please provide 

the following information: Full legal 

name, country of citizenship, email 

address, and name of your industry 

association, or applicable affiliation. If 

you are attending as a public citizen, 

please indicate so. 

For persons participating by 

telephone, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section by email no later than 

October 12, 2018 for the teleconference 

call-in number and passcode. Callers are 

responsible for paying long-distance 

charges. 

If you are in need of assistance or 

require a reasonable accommodation for 

this meeting, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section at least 10 calendar 

days before the meeting. Sign and oral 

interpretation can be made available if 

requested 10 calendar days before the 

meeting. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written statements for 

the COMSTAC members to consider 

under the advisory process. Statements 

may concern the issues and agenda 

items mentioned above and/or 

additional issues that may be relevant 

for the U.S. commercial space 

transportation industry. Interested 

parties wishing to submit written 

statements should contact the person 

listed below in writing (mail or email) 

10 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF MEETING 

so that the information can be made 

available to COMSTAC members for 

their review and consideration before 

the meeting. Written statements should 

be supplied in the following formats: 

One hard copy with original signature 

and/or one electronic copy via email. 

Portable Document Format (PDF) 

attachments are preferred for email 

submissions. A detailed agenda will be 

posted on the FAA website at 

www.faa.gov/go/ast. 

Issued in Washington, DC, August 20, 

2018. 

Kelvin Coleman, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Commercial Space Transportation. 

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