50036 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 157 / Monday, August 16, 2010 / Notices 

The total burden resulting from the 

collection of information is 4,608 hours. 

For the respondents that participate in 

the initial screening survey only, the 

annual estimated burden is 3,687.5 

hours. For the 1,250 respondents 

matched from the screening survey, the 

estimated annual burden is 542 hours 

(812.5 hours total over a period of 18 

months). For the riders that will 

participate in the on-motorcycle skills 

test, the estimated annual burden from 

information collection is 108 hours. 

Therefore, the total estimated annual 

burden is 4,337.5 hours. The 

respondents would not incur any 

recordkeeping burden or recordkeeping 

cost from the information collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Jeff Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–20162 Filed 8–13–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Availability of Finding 

of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and 

Record of Decision (ROD) for Actions 

Related to Environmental Assessment 

for the Expansion of the Wallops Flight 

Facility Launch Range 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347 (as 

amended), Council on Environmental 

Quality NEPA implementing regulations 

(40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

parts 1500 to 1508), and FAA Order 

1050.1E, Change 1, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of a FONSI/ 

ROD, based on the analysis and findings 

of the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration’s (NASA) August 2009 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Expansion of the Wallops Flight Facility 

Launch Range (the EA). The FAA 

(Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation) participated as a 

cooperating agency with NASA in the 

preparation of the EA, which evaluates 

the potential environmental impacts of 

the proposed expansion of the MidAtlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at 

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center 

Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). As the 

MARS expansion would require Federal 

actions (as defined in 40 CFR Section 

1508.18) involving both NASA and the 

FAA, the EA was prepared to satisfy the 

NEPA obligations of both agencies. 

NASA, as the WFF property owner and 

lead agency, is responsible for ensuring 

overall compliance with applicable 

environmental statutes, including 

NEPA. The FAA served as a cooperating 

agency in the preparation of the EA 

because of its role in (1) licensing the 

Virginia Commercial Space Flight 

Authority (VCSFA) which operates 

MARS as a commercial launch site and 

(2) issuing licenses or permits to operate 

commercial launch and reentry vehicles 

at MARS. The FAA has formally 

adopted the EA and is using the FONSI/ 

ROD to support the modification or 

renewal of VCSFA’s Launch Site 

Operator License and issuance of 

licenses or experimental permits for 

commercial launch and reentry vehicles 

at MARS. 

Under the Proposed Action in the EA, 

NASA and MARS facilities would be 

upgraded to support up to and 

including medium large class suborbital 

and orbital expendable launch vehicle 

(ELV) launch activities from WFF. 

NASA’s Preferred Alternative includes 

site improvements required to support 

launch operations (such as facility 

construction and infrastructure 

improvements); testing, fueling, and 

processing operations; up to two static 

fire tests per year; launching up to six 

orbital-class vehicles per year from Pad 

0–A; and the reentry of associated crew 

or cargo capsules. Implementation of 

NASA’s Preferred Alternative would 

result in a maximum of 18 orbital-class 

vehicle launches from MARS Launch 

Complex 0 (twelve existing launches 

from Pad 0–B and six additional 

launches from Pad 0–A). As several 

different launch and reentry vehicles 

could launch from MARS Pad 0–A, the 

largest launch vehicle and payload 

(which could include a reentry vehicle), 

in terms of size, weight, and dimension, 

was chosen as the demonstration, or 

‘‘envelope,’’ vehicle and payload to 

provide a benchmark for assessing 

impacts on resources at WFF and the 

surrounding environment. Orbital 

Sciences Corporation’s Taurus II would 

be the largest ELV expected to be 

launched from MARS Pad 0–A under 

the Proposed Action. Therefore, the 

Taurus II was selected as the envelope 

launch vehicle for purposes of the EA. 

Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus 

Capsule and Space Exploration 

Technologies Corporation’s Dragon 

Capsule were evaluated as potential 

reentry vehicles. The EA addresses the 

potential environmental impacts of 

implementing the EA’s Proposed Action 

and the No Action Alternative. Under 

the No Action Alternative, NASA and 

MARS would not proceed with 

expansion activities at Pad 0–A. 

Based on its independent review and 

consideration, the FAA issued a FONSI/ 

ROD concurring with the analysis of 

impacts and findings in the EA and 

formally adopting the EA to support the 

modification or renewal of VCSFA’s 

Launch Site Operator License and 

issuance of launch and reentry licenses 

or experimental permits to operate 

commercial vehicles at MARS. After 

reviewing and analyzing available data 

and information on existing conditions, 

potential impacts, and measures to 

mitigate those impacts, the FAA has 

determined that neither modification or 

renewal of VCSFA’s Launch Site 

Operator License nor issuance of launch 

and reentry licenses or experimental 

permits to operate commercial vehicles 

at MARS are Federal actions that would 

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/ROD. The FAA made 

this determination in accordance with 

all applicable environmental laws and 

FAA regulations. 

NASA has posted the EA on the 

Internet at http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/ 

code250/expansion_ea.html. The FAA 

has posted the FONSI/ROD on the 

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

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Specialist, Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 331, Washington, 

DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–5924; 

E-mail daniel.czelusniak@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 4, 

2010. 

Michael McElligott, 

Manager, Space Systems Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–19994 Filed 8–13–10; 8:45 am] 

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