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Honolulu, HI 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

0413 AQ HQ 

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Hawaii, Wheeler Army Airfield, 

Schofield Barracks, 742 Santos Dumont 

Avenue, Oahu, HI 

Authorized Source of Supply: Goodwill 

Contract Services of Hawaii, Inc., 

Honolulu, HI 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

0413 AQ HQ 

Service Type: Grounds Maintenance 

Mandatory for: Constitution Gardens, 

Washington, DC 

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Horticultural Training Center, Inc., 

Upper Marlboro, MD 

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MANAGEMENT, AND BUDGET, NBC 

ACQUISITION SERVICES DIVISION 

Service Type: Administrative Service 

Mandatory for: National Park Service: 12795 

W Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 

Authorized Source of Supply: Bayaud 

Enterprises, Inc., Denver, CO 

Contracting Activity: OFFICE OF POLICY, 

MANAGEMENT, AND BUDGET, NBC 

ACQUISITION SERVICES DIVISION 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29425 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, December 

18, 2024—10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland 20814. 

STATUS: Closed Commission Meeting. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Briefing 

matter. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Alberta E. Mills, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7479 

(Office) or 240–863–8938 (Cell). 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Commission Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29561 Filed 12–11–24; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Authorizing Changes to the Falcon 

Launch Program at Vandenberg Space 

Force Base 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Air 

Force (DAF) is issuing this Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) to 

evaluate the potential environmental 

effects associated with DAF’s 

authorization of the redevelopment of 

Space Launch Complex (SLC)–6 to 

support Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy 

operations, including launch and 

landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base 

(VSFB); DAF’s authorization of an 

increase in Falcon 9 launches and 

landings at VSFB and downrange 

landings in the Pacific Ocean; and the 

Federal Aviation Administration’s 

(FAA’s) issuance or modification of a 

vehicle operator license to Space 

Exploration Technologies Corporation 

(SpaceX) for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy 

operations at VSFB and approval of 

related airspace closures. The FAA and 

United States Coast Guard (USCG) are 

cooperating agencies for this EIS. The 

Unique Identification Number for this 

EIS is EISX–007–USF–1728547807. 

DATES: A public scoping period of 45 

days will take place starting from the 

date of this NOI publication in the 

Federal Register. To ensure the DAF has 

sufficient time to consider public 

scoping comments during preparation of 

the Draft EIS, please submit comments 

within the 45-day scoping period. 

Comments will be accepted at any time 

during the environmental impact 

analysis process. 

The DAF invites the public, 

stakeholders, and other interested 

parties to attend one or more of three inperson scoping meetings or the virtual 

scoping meeting. In-person meetings 

will be held in the evenings of January 

14th, 15th, and 16th 2025. The exact 

location and scheduled time for public 

scoping meetings will be published in 

local newspapers (Lompoc Record, Los 

Angeles Times, Ojai Valley News, Santa 

Barbara Independent, Santa Maria 

Times, and Ventura County Star) and on 

the project website a minimum of 15 

days prior to the meetings. A virtual 

meeting is scheduled for January 23rd, 

2025, at 6 p.m. Pacific time. Information 

on how to attend the virtual meeting is 

available on the project website 

(www.VSFBFalconLaunchEIS.com). The 

meetings will provide an opportunity 

for attendees to learn more about the 

Proposed Action and Alternatives and 

provide an early and open process to 

assist the DAF and its Cooperating 

Agencies in determining the scope of 

issues for analysis in the EIS, including 

identifying significant environmental 

issues and those which can be 

eliminated from further study. Project 

team members will be available to 

answer questions about the Proposed 

Action, and there will also be an 

opportunity to provide oral and written 

comments. Scoping meeting materials 

will be provided in English and 

Spanish. 

Publication of the Draft EIS is 

anticipated in March 2025, which will 

be followed by a 45-day comment 

period with public hearing 

opportunities. The Final EIS is 

anticipated in September 2025. The 

Record of Decision could be approved 

and signed no earlier than 30 days after 

the Final EIS. 

ADDRESSES: The project website 

(www.VSFBFalconLaunchEIS.com) 

provides information related to the EIS, 

such as environmental documents, 

schedule, public meeting locations, and 

project details, as well as a comment 

form and information on how to 

comment. Comments may be submitted 

via the website comment form, emailed 

to info@VSFBFalconLaunchEIS.com, or 

mailed to ATTN: VSFB Falcon Launch 

EIS, c/o ManTech International 

Corporation, 420 Stevens Avenue, Suite 

100, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Members 

of the public who want to receive future 

mailings informing them of the 

availability of the Draft EIS and Final 

EIS are encouraged to submit a 

comment that includes their name and 

email or postal mailing address. For 

other inquiries, including 

accommodations under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please contact Ms. 

Hilary Rummel, NEPA Project Manager 

at info@VSFBFalconLaunchEIS.com or 

VSFB Public Affairs office by phone at 

1–805–606–3595. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Proposed Action is to 

increase the space launch mission 

capability of the U.S. Department of 

Defense (DOD) and other federal and 

commercial customers and to enhance 

the resilience and capacity of the 

nation’s space launch infrastructure, 

while promoting a robust and 

competitive national space industry. As 

directed by U.S. policy (10 U.S.C. 2273, 

‘‘Policy regarding assured access to 

space: national security payloads’’; see 


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also the White House’s 2021 Space 

Priorities Framework), the United States 

seeks to provide greater launch and 

landing capabilities and infrastructure 

to support national security objectives, 

including deploying satellites and other 

space assets that enable intelligence, 

reconnaissance, and global security 

operations. The United States aims to 

promote a hybrid space architecture that 

diversifies access to space, reduces 

dependency on singular systems, and 

ensures rapid reconstitution 

capabilities. 

The Proposed Action is needed to 

meet current and near-term U.S. 

Government space launch requirements 

from the DoD space launch range that 

supports launches centered at VSFB 

(Western Range), specifically for 

medium and heavy lift launches to 

polar, geostationary, and other orbits 

less reliably available elsewhere without 

compromising current launch 

capabilities. The Proposed Action is 

also needed to expand launch capacity 

by returning heavy lift launch capability 

to the Western Range. Finally, the 

proposed action is needed to fulfill (in 

part) 10 U.S.C. 2276(a), ‘‘Commercial 

space launch cooperation,’’ authorizing 

the Secretary of Defense to maximize 

the use of the capacity of the space 

transportation infrastructure of the DOD 

by the private sector in the U.S.; 

maximize the effectiveness and 

efficiency of the space transportation 

infrastructure of the DOD; reduce the 

cost of services provided by the DOD 

related to space transportation 

infrastructure and launch support 

facilities and space recovery support 

facilities; encourage commercial space 

activities by enabling investment by 

covered entities in the space 

transportation infrastructure of the 

DOD; and foster cooperation between 

DOD and covered entities. ‘‘Covered 

entity’’ means a non-federal entity that 

is organized under the laws of the U.S. 

or of any jurisdiction within the U.S. 

and is engaged in commercial space 

activities. 

Additionally, public interests largely 

intersect with the government interests 

identified, including greater mission 

capability for space exploration, and 

advancing reliable and affordable access 

to space which in turn advances the 

scientific and national security benefits 

of the U.S.Space Program. 

The DAF has identified a Proposed 

Action, Alternative 1, and the No Action 

Alternative to be carried forward for 

analysis in the EIS. Under the Proposed 

Action, the DAF would authorize 

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch and 

landing operations at SLC–6, including 

modifications to SLC–6 required to 

support those operations and 

construction of landing zones. The DAF 

would also authorize an increase in 

Falcon 9 launches from SLC–4, which 

currently hosts Falcon 9 launch 

operations, and an increase in 

downrange landings on a droneship in 

the Pacific Ocean. The overall launch 

cadence for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy 

at both SLCs, combined, would be 100 

launches per year. No modification of 

SLC–4 infrastructure is proposed. The 

FAA would issue or modify a vehicle 

operator license for Falcon 9 and Falcon 

Heavy operations and approve 

corresponding temporary airspace 

closures for operations. Under the 

Proposed Action, the existing horizontal 

integration facility (HIF) located north 

of SLC–6 would be modified into a 

hangar for use by SpaceX to support 

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy operations. 

Alternative 1 is the same as the 

Proposed Action except rather than 

modifying the existing HIF, DAF would 

authorize SpaceX to construct a new 

hangar south of the HIF and north of the 

launch pad at SLC–6. Under the No 

Action Alternative, the DAF would not 

authorize any Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy 

launches or landing operations at, or 

modifications to, SLC–6, nor would the 

DAF authorize additional Falcon 9 

launches from SLC–4. SpaceX would 

not apply for an FAA vehicle operator 

license for Falcon operations at SLC–6 

or increased launches from SLC–4. 

Potential effects may include noise, 

air quality, and hazardous material 

effects associated with launch and 

landing operations and construction, as 

well as effects on biological and cultural 

resources due to ground disturbance, 

and operational noise and vibrations. A 

full assessment of potential impacts to 

all relevant resource areas will be 

included in the EIS, including an 

analysis of environmental effects of the 

Proposed Action and Alternatives when 

added to the effects of other past, 

present, and reasonably foreseeable 

future actions. As part of that effort, the 

cumulative impacts analysis in the EIS 

will examine the effects of the Proposed 

Action that was the subject of the 

Environmental Assessment of Falcon 9 

Cadence Increase at Vandenberg Space 

Force Base, California (EAXX–007–57– 

USF–1724161195), the final of which 

was published in November 2024. 

SpaceX would be required to obtain or 

modify an FAA vehicle operator license 

for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy at SLC– 

6, which could include launch, reentry, 

or both. A National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System permit may be 

required. The Proposed Action and 

Alternatives are within wetlands and 

floodplains; therefore, the Proposed 

Action is subject to the requirements 

and objectives of Executive Order 11988 

‘‘Floodplain Management’’ and 

Executive Order 11990 ‘‘Protection of 

Wetlands’’, and this NOI initiates early 

public review and requests public 

comment on the Proposed Action and 

any practicable alternatives. 

Scoping and Agency Coordination: 

Consultation will include, but not 

necessarily be limited to, consultation 

under section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act, consultation under section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, to include 

consultation with federally recognized 

Native American Tribes, and 

consultation under the Coastal Zone 

Management Act. Regulatory agencies 

with special expertise in wetlands and 

floodplains, such as the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, will be contacted 

and asked to comment. Comments are 

requested on alternatives and effects, as 

well as on relevant information, studies, 

or analyses with respect to the Proposed 

Action. 

Tommy W. Lee, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29446 Filed 12–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Adoption of Categorical 

Exclusions Under the National 

Environmental Policy Act; Correction 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of adoption of categorical 

exclusions; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects the 

description for five categorical 

exclusions (CATEXes) adopted by the 

Department of the Air Force through 

posting in the Federal Register on 25 

November 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jack Bush, DAF NEPA Policy and 

Execution Oversite, 703–695–1773, 

af.a4c.nepaworkflow@us.af.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

25, 2024, in FR Doc. 2024–27545, on 

pages 92912 and 92913, the following 

corrections are made: 

On page 92912 in the third column for 

DON CATEX (f)(27), the word ‘‘like’’ is 

corrected to ‘‘similar to’’ in the 

sentence. 


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