Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 1995 / Notices 10139

Count 2—Violations of Pollution

Prevention Regulations: Contents of

Transfer Procedures

Count 3—Violations of Pollution

Prevention Regulations: Requirements

of Transfer

Dated: February 16, 1995.

George J. Jordan,

Judicial Administrator, Office of the Chief

Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Coast Guard.

[FR Doc. 95–4407 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

Office of Commercial Space

Transportation

Environmental Impact Statement;

Sierra and Don ̃ a Ana Counties, NM

AGENCY: Office of Commercial Space

Transportation (OCST), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Office of Commercial

Space Transportation (OCST) is issuing

this notice to advise the public that an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

will be prepared and scoping meetings

held on the proposed phased

development of the Southwest Regional

Spaceport in southern New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon D.W. Boddie, Office of

Commercial Space Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–2929. Lucy

Dunn, New Mexico Office of Space

Commercialization, Department of

Economic Development, 1990 E.

Lohman Avenue, Atrium Suites 201, Las

Cruces, New Mexico, 88001. Telephone:

(505) 524–6829.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Transportation’s (DOT)

Office of Commercial Space

Transportation (OCST), in cooperation

with the State of New Mexico’s Office

of Space Commercialization (NMOSC)

and Department of Economic

Development, will prepare a joint

Federal/State EIS for the proposed

commercial Southwest Regional

Spaceport in southern New Mexico. The

operator of the spaceport will require a

license from OCST in accordance with

the Commercial Space Launch Act of

1984, as recodified at 49 U.S.C. Subtitle

IX, ch. 701—Commercial Space Launch

Activities, 49 U.S.C. §§ 70101–70119

(1994). An EIS is necessary for OCST to

make a licensing determination and

comply with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42

U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.

The State of New Mexico proposes the

establishment of a commercial

spaceport on lands located generally in

the Sierra and Don ̃ a Ana Counties,

between the cities of Truth Or

Consequences and Las Cruces, New

Mexico, as a key element of the State’s

efforts to bring regional assets together

as a consortium to form the Southwest

Space Complex. Other major elements

of the Southwest Space Complex

include the Department of Defenseowned White Sands Missile Range and

the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration-owned White Sands

Test Facility. The New Mexico State

University’s Physical Sciences

Laboratory, USAF Phillips Laboratory,

and the Department of Energy’s Sandia

and Los Alamos National Laboratories

are among the research and

development or educational institutions

that would be available for additional

support as required.

Development of the Southwest

Regional Spaceport, and other elements

of the Southwest Space Complex, will

occur in phases over a number of years.

The proposed action encompassed by

the EIS includes the construction of

launch and associated support facilities

and the extension of roads and utilities

necessary to parallel the phased

development of single-stage-to-orbit

(SSTO) technology and to support other

existing or developmental rocket

systems, such as sounding rockets and

expendable launch vehicles. Initial

launch operations are anticipated to

begin as early as mid-1996. The State of

New Mexico anticipates a completed

Southwest Regional Spaceport early in

the next century.

The purpose of the Southwest

Regional Spaceport project is to provide

launch, recovery, and associated

support facilities to the developing

commercial space industry. The State is

proposing to locate the Southwest

Regional Spaceport in southern New

Mexico because it views the altitude,

climatic, population density, and

existing infrastructure conditions as

highly favorable. The State anticipates

that this project will enhance spacerelated economic development within

the State of New Mexico generally and

throughout the southwest, as well as

increase the ability of the U.S. launch

industry to recapture a share of the

international satellite launch market.

Alternatives to the proposed action

include no action and alternative sites

for launch and support facilities within

the general area.

Two public scoping meetings will be

held in New Mexico to solicit comments

on significant environmental issues

associated with the proposed action.

The specific dates and locations are:

(1) March 22, 1995, 7:00–9:00 PM,

City Council Chambers, 200 N. Church

Street, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

(2) March 23, 1995, 7:00–9:00 PM,

Convention Center, 300 Daniel Street,

Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico.

Comments are solicited from Federal,

State, and local agencies, private

organizations and citizens who have

previously expressed or are known to

have an interest in this proposal. To

ensure that the full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues are

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties no

later than March 27, 1995. Comments

and questions concerning this proposed

action should be directed to OCST in

duplicate (i.e. two copies) at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 16,

1995.

Frank C. Weaver,

Director, Office of Commercial Space

Transportation.

[FR Doc. 95–4392 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of

Noise Compatibility Program and

Request for Review Greater Rockford

Airport, Rockford, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the noise exposure

maps submitted by the Greater Rockford

Airport Authority for Greater Rockford

Airport under the provisions of Title I

of the Aviation Safety and Noise

Abatement Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–

193) and 14 CFR Part 150 are in

compliance with applicable

requirements. The FAA also announces

that it is reviewing a proposed noise

compatibility program that was

submitted for Greater Rockford Airport

under Part 150 in conjunction with the

noise exposure map, and that this

program will be approved or

disapproved on or before July 30, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the noise

exposure maps and of the start of its

review of the associated noise

compatibility program is January 31,

1995. The public comment period ends

April 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melissa Wishy, Federal Aviation

Administration, Chicago Airports

District Office, CHI–ADO–640.8, 2300

East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines,

Illinois, 60018, (708) 294–7524.