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it may extend for an additional 12 

months thereafter. 

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

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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] 

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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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