Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0548
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2014-08-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46297-46298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18629]

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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, September 16, 2014, 
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, September 17, 2014, from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the National Transportation Safety Board 
Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20594. This 
will be the 60th meeting of the COMSTAC.
    The proposed schedule for the COMSTAC working group meetings on 
September 16th is below:

--Operations (8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.)
--Business/Legal (10:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m.)
--Systems (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 September 17th. The proposed agenda 
for that meeting features speakers relevant to the commercial space 
transportation industry; and 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 Michael Beavin, COMSTAC 
Executive Officer,

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(the Contact Person listed below) in writing (mail or email) by August 
30, 2014, so that the information can be made available to COMSTAC 
members for their review and consideration before the September 16th 
and 17th meetings. Written statements should be supplied in the 
following formats: One hard copy with original signature and/or one 
electronic copy via email.
    A portion of the September 17th meeting will be unavailable to the 
public (starting at approximately 4:00 p.m.).
    An agenda will be posted on the FAA Web site at www.faa.gov/go/ast. 
For specific information concerning the times and locations of the 
COMSTAC working group meetings, contact the Contact Person listed 
below.
    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: Michael Beavin, COMSTAC Executive 
Director, telephone (202) 267-9051; email michael.beavin@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, on July 31, 2014.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2014-18629 Filed 8-6-14; 8:45 am]
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