Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0103
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: SpaceX Texas Launch Site
Posted Date: 2013-06-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 35087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13814]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Notice of Extension of 
Comment Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
SpaceX Texas Launch Site

AGENCY: DOT, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), lead Federal 
agency; and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National 
Park Service, U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, cooperating agencies.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: A Notice of Availability (NOA) for the FAA's Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the SpaceX Texas Launch Site (Draft 
EIS) was published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) on April 19, 2013 (78 FR 23558). The FAA also 
published an NOA of the Draft EIS in the Federal Register on the same 
day (78 FR 23629). The comment period for the Draft EIS was to end on 
June 3, 2013 (45 days after publication of the proposal in the Federal 
Register). This notice extends the comment period to June 24, 2013 to 
allow the public additional time to comment on the Draft EIS.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 24, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments or questions regarding the Draft EIS 
to Ms. Stacey M. Zee, FAA Environmental Specialist, SpaceX EIS c/o 
Cardno TEC Inc., 275 West Street, Suite 110, Annapolis, MD 21401. 
Comments may also be submitted via email to faaspacexeis@cardnotec.com 
or by fax to (410) 990-0455.

Additional Information

    On April 19, 2013, the FAA published a Notice of Availability of 
the Draft EIS in the Federal Register and requested comments. See 78 FR 
23629. The comment period for the Draft EIS was originally scheduled to 
close on June 3, 2013. The EPA requested a comment period extension, 
changing the deadline for submitting comments on the Draft EIS to June 
24, 2013.
    An electronic version of the Draft EIS is available on the FAA Web 
site: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/environmental/nepa_docs/review/documents_progress/spacex_texas_launch_site_environmental_impact_statement/. Additionally, a paper 
copy and an electronic version of the Draft EIS may be reviewed during 
regular business hours at the following Brownsville, Texas locations:
     Brownsville Public Library, 2600 Central Blvd.
     Southmost Branch Library, 4320 Southmost Blvd.
     University of Texas at Brownsville, Oliveira Library, 80 
Fort Brown St.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey M. Zee, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Suite 325, Washington, DC 20591; email 
Stacey.Zee@faa.gov; or phone (202) 267-9305.

    Issued in Washington, DC on: May 30, 2013.
Daniel Murray,
Acting Manager, Space Transportation Development Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-13814 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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