Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0260
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2013-11-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 69742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27691]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee--Open Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee 
Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a 
meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee 
(COMSTAC). The meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, December 11, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 2:00 p.m., at the National Housing Center, 1201 15th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20005. This will be the 58th meeting of the COMSTAC.
    The proposed schedule for the COMSTAC working group meetings on 
December 10 is below:

--Business/Legal (8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.)
--Systems (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
--Operations (1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)
--International Space Policy--(3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.)

    The full Committee will meet on December 11. The meeting will 
address general issues relevant to the commercial space transportation 
industry, as well as reports and recommendations from the working 
groups.
    Interested members of the public may submit relevant written 
statements for the COMSTAC members to consider under the advisory 
process. Statements may concern the issues and agenda items mentioned 
above and/or additional issues that may be relevant for the U.S. 
commercial space transportation industry. Interested parties wishing to 
submit written statements should contact Larry Scott, (the Contact 
Person listed below) in writing (mail or email) by November 26, 2013, 
so that the information can be made available to COMSTAC members for 
their review and consideration before the December 10 and 11 meetings. 
Written statements should be supplied in the following formats: One 
hard copy with original signature and/or one electronic copy (no macros 
in Microsoft Word doc) via email.
    Subject to approval, a portion of the December 11th meeting will be 
closed to the public (starting at approximately 2:00 p.m.).
    An agenda will be posted on the FAA Web site at www.faa.gov/go/ast.
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
inform the Contact Persons listed below in advance of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Scott, telephone (202) 267-7982; 
email larry.scott@faa.gov, FAA Office of Commercial Space 
Transportation (AST-3), 800 Independence Avenue SW., Room 331, 
Washington, DC 20591.
    Complete information regarding COMSTAC is available on the FAA Web 
site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_committee/.

    Issued in Washington, DC, November 8, 2013.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2013-27691 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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