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it may extend for an additional 12 

months thereafter. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16503 Filed 7–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8795] 

In the Matter of the Designation of the 

United Self-Defense Forces of 

Colombia aka AUC; aka Autodefensas 

Unidas de Colombia; as a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization Pursuant to 

Section 219 of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, as Amended 

Based upon a review of the 

Administrative Record assembled in 

this matter, and in consultation with the 

Attorney General and the Secretary of 

the Treasury, I conclude that the 

circumstances that were the basis for the 

designation of the United Self-Defense 

Forces of Colombia as foreign terrorist 

organization have changed in such a 

manner as to warrant revocation of the 

designation. 

Therefore, I hereby determine that the 

designation of the United Self-Defense 

Forces of Colombia as a foreign terrorist 

organization, pursuant to Section 219 of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 

amended (8 U.S.C. 1189), shall be 

revoked. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register. 

Dated: July 1, 2014. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16627 Filed 7–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Approval on 

a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

SpaceX Texas Launch Site, Cameron 

County, Texas 

AGENCY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of approval of Record of 

Decision. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 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 the ROD 

for the SpaceX Texas Launch Site, 

Cameron County, Texas. The ROD 

provides the FAA’s final environmental 

determination and approval to support 

the issuance of launch licenses and/or 

experimental permits that would allow 

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 

(SpaceX) to launch the Falcon 9 and 

Falcon Heavy orbital vertical launch 

vehicles and a variety of reusable 

suborbital launch vehicles from a 

launch site on privately owned property 

in Cameron County, Texas, as proposed 

in the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) published in May 2014. 

The ROD provides a description of the 

applicant’s Proposed Action and 

reasonable alternatives, and identifies 

the FAA’s preferred and the 

environmentally preferred alternative. It 

includes a discussion of environmental 

impacts associated with the Proposed 

Action in each resource area, as 

analyzed in the Final EIS. The ROD 

summarizes the mitigation and 

enforcement actions that would be made 

the subject of the terms and conditions 

of the launch licenses and/or 

experimental permits issued to SpaceX, 

as well as other conservation and 

enhancement measures described in the 

Final EIS and presented for 

consideration. 

The Final EIS, prepared by the FAA 

for the SpaceX Texas Launch Site, 

serves as the primary reference and 

basis for preparation of the ROD. The 

Final EIS documents the analysis of 

environmental consequences associated 

with the construction and operation of 

the SpaceX Texas Launch Site and the 

No Action Alternative. The FAA is the 

lead Federal agency responsible for 

preparation of the EIS and ROD. 

Cooperating agencies include the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, National Park Service 

(NPS), U.S. Army White Sands Missile 

Range, and U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE). The EIS and ROD 

were prepared pursuant to the 

requirements of NEPA, the CEQ 

Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA, and 

FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures. 

The FAA has posted the ROD on the 

FAA Web site at http://www.faa.gov/ 

about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ 

ast/environmental/nepa_docs/review/ 

documents_progress/spacex_

texas_launch_site_environmental_

impact_statement/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stacey M. Zee, Environmental 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Suite 325, Washington, DC 20591; 

email Stacey.Zee@faa.gov; or phone 

(202) 267–9305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Proposed Action, which is the FAA’s 

preferred alternative, the FAA would 

issue launch licenses and/or 

experimental permits to SpaceX that 

would allow SpaceX to conduct 

launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon 

Heavy orbital vertical launch vehicles, 

and a variety of reusable suborbital 

launch vehicles, from an exclusive-use 

launch site on privately owned property 

in Cameron County, Texas. The site 

(including the control center area and 

vertical launch area) consists of up to 

four parcels totaling 68.9 acres of land 

near the terminus of State Highway 4 

(Boca Chica Boulevard), adjacent to the 

village of Boca Chica. The site is in a 

sparsely populated coastal area on the 

Gulf of Mexico, approximately 3 miles 

north of the U.S./Mexico border, 17 

miles east-northeast of the Brownsville/ 

South Padre Island International 

Airport, and 5 miles south of South 

Padre Island. 

Proposed launch operations would 

consist of up to 12 commercial launch 

operations per year, including launches 

of the Falcon 9, a maximum of two 

Falcon Heavy launches, and/or 

associated mission rehearsals and static 

fire engine tests, through 2025. 

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches 

would have commercial payloads, 

including satellites or experimental 

payloads, and may carry a capsule, such 

as the SpaceX Dragon capsule. The 

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy use liquid 

fuels including liquid oxygen and rocket 

propellant-1. Within the 12 launch 

operations per year, SpaceX may elect to 

have permitted launches of smaller 

reusable suborbital launch vehicles from 

this proposed site. A reusable suborbital 

launch vehicle could consist of a Falcon 

9 Stage 1 tank. All launch trajectories 

would be to the east over the Gulf of 

Mexico. The majority of launches would 

be conducted between the hours of 7:00 

a.m. and 7:00 p.m. However, there could 

be one nighttime launch per year. 

In addition, the Proposed Action 

includes construction of facilities 

needed to support launch activities at 

the proposed launch site. SpaceX would 

construct a vertical launch area and a 

control center area. The control center 

area would be approximately 2 miles 

west of the vertical launch area and 

could consist of up to three parcels. All 

facilities would be constructed through 

private funding, on currently 

undeveloped, privately-owned property 

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that would be purchased or leased by 

SpaceX. In addition, a new underground 

utility line would be installed in the 

right-of-way of State Highway 4 from 

the control center area to the vertical 

launch area. 

The FAA identified a range of 

reasonable alternatives; however, the 

alternatives identified that did not meet 

the purpose and need as well as those 

that were not technically, operationally, 

or economically prudent or feasible 

were excluded from detailed 

consideration in the Final EIS. The 

Final EIS provides a detailed evaluation 

of the Proposed Action (Preferred 

Alternative) and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the FAA would not issue 

launch licenses and/or experimental 

permits to SpaceX for launch operations 

from the private site in Cameron 

County, Texas. Thus, SpaceX would not 

construct the proposed control center 

and vertical launch areas. 

Resource areas were considered to 

provide a context for understanding and 

assessing the potential environmental 

effects of the Proposed Action, with 

attention focused on key issues. The 

resource areas considered included 

Compatible Land Use (including 

Farmlands and Coastal Resources); 

Section 4(f) Properties; Noise; Light 

Emissions and Visual Impacts; 

Historical, Architectural, 

Archaeological, and Cultural resources; 

Air Quality; Water Resources (including 

Surface Waters, Groundwater, Wetlands, 

Floodplains, and Wild and Scenic 

Rivers); Biological Resources (Fish, 

Wildlife, and Plants); Hazardous 

Materials, Pollution Prevention, and 

Solid Waste; Socioeconomics, 

Environmental Justice, and Children’s 

Environmental Health and Safety Risks; 

and Natural Resources and Energy 

Supply. 

As stated in the ROD and supported 

by the Final EIS, the No Action 

Alternative is not consistent with the 

purpose and need for action, including 

the FAA’s statutory direction from 

Congress under the Commercial Space 

Launch Act to encourage, facilitate, and 

promote commercial space launch and 

reentry activities by the private sector in 

order to strengthen and expand U.S. 

space transportation infrastructure. The 

Preferred Alternative, the applicant’s 

Proposed Action, would allow the 

greatest development and growth of the 

U.S. commercial space launch industry. 

Adoption of this alternative will result 

in the construction and operation of a 

private launch site that is consistent 

with the purpose and need for the 

Proposed Action, while at the same time 

avoiding, minimizing, and mitigating 

the harm to the environment. Therefore, 

the FAA has selected the Preferred 

Alternative. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2014. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16615 Filed 7–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–43] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before August 4, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2014–0397 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake 

Troutman, (202) 267–9521, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20951. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2014. 

Brenda D. Courtney, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2014–0397 

Petitioner: Yamaha Motor 

Corporation, U.S.A. 

Section of 14 CFR: parts 21, 27, 137, 

45.23(b), 61.113(a) and (b), 91.7(a), 

91.9(b)(2), 91.103, 91.109, 91.119, 

91.121, 91.151(b), 91.203(a) and (b), 

91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(2), 

91.417(a) and (b), and 91.1501. 

Description of Relief Sought: Yamaha 

Motor Corporation, U.S.A. requests an 

exemption for the purpose of operating 

its remotely-piloted helicopter, the 

RMAX, to provide commercial 

agricultural-related services in the 

United States. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16538 Filed 7–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–45] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

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