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Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation (AST); Notice of
Availability and Request for Comment
on the Draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) for Issuing an
Experimental Permit to SpaceX for
Operation of the Grasshopper Vehicle
at the McGregor Test Site, Texas
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of Availability, Notice of
Public Comment Period, and Request for
Comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code
4321–4347 (as amended), Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA
implementing regulations (40 Code of
Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–
1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change
1, the FAA is announcing the
availability of and requesting comments
on the Draft EA for Issuing an
Experimental Permit to SpaceX for
Operation of the Grasshopper Vehicle at
the McGregor Test Site, Texas.
The Draft EA was prepared in
response to an application for an
experimental permit from Space
Exploration Technologies Corporation
(SpaceX). Under the Proposed Action,
the FAA would issue an experimental
permit to SpaceX to conduct suborbital
launches and landings of the
Grasshopper Reusable Launch Vehicle
(RLV) from the McGregor test site in
McGregor, TX. The Grasshopper RLV is
a vertical takeoff and vertical landing
vehicle. The McGregor test site is
located within the city limits of the City
of McGregor, TX in Coryell and
McLennan Counties, approximately 20
miles southwest of Waco, TX. The Draft
EA addresses the potential
environmental impacts of implementing
the Proposed Action and the No Action
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Alternative of not issuing an
experimental permit to SpaceX.
The FAA has posted the Draft EA on
the FAA/AST Web site at https://www.
faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_
offices/ast/. In addition, copies of the
Draft EA were sent to persons and
institutions on the distribution list (see
Chapter 8 of the Draft EA). A paper copy
of the Draft EA may be reviewed for
comment during regular business hours
at the following location:
McGinley Memorial Library, 317
Main Street, McGregor, TX 76657.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit comments on environmental
issues and concerns on or before
October 26, 2011, or 30 days from the
date of publication of this Notice of
Availability, whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments in
writing to Mr. Daniel Czelusniak,
Environmental Program Lead, Office of
Commercial Space Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 325,
Washington, DC 20591; or by e-mail at
Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov.
Additional Information: Under the
Proposed Action, the FAA would issue
an experimental permit to SpaceX,
which would authorize SpaceX to
conduct suborbital launches and
landings of the Grasshopper RLV from
the McGregor test site in McGregor, TX.
SpaceX has determined that to support
the Grasshopper RLV activities under
the experimental permit, it would be
necessary to construct a launch pad and
additional support infrastructure (water
lines). Therefore, the Proposed Action
analyzed in the Draft EA includes the
activities that would be authorized by
the experimental permit (i.e., the
operation of the launch vehicle) as well
as the construction of the launch pad
and installation of water lines. The
experimental permit would be valid for
one year and would authorize an
unlimited number of launches. The
FAA could renew the experimental
permit if requested, in writing, by
SpaceX at least 60 days before the
permit expires. SpaceX anticipates that
the Grasshopper RLV program would
require up to 3 years to complete.
Therefore, the Proposed Action
considers one new permit and two
potential permit renewals.
Although an experimental permit
would authorize an unlimited number
of launches, the FAA, in conjunction
with SpaceX, developed a conservative
set of assumptions regarding the
possible number of launches that could
be conducted under any one
experimental permit for the
Grasshopper RLV at the McGregor test
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site. The FAA has assumed that SpaceX
would conduct up to 70 annual
suborbital launches of the Grasshopper
RLV under an experimental permit at
the McGregor test site. This estimation
is a conservative number and considers
potential multiple launches per day and
potential launch failures.
The only alternative to the Proposed
Action analyzed in the Draft EA is the
No Action Alternative. Under the No
Action Alternative, the FAA would not
issue an experimental permit to SpaceX
for operation of the Grasshopper RLV at
the McGregor test site. Existing SpaceX
activities would continue at the
McGregor test site. Please refer to
Section 2.2 of the Draft EA for a brief
discussion of existing SpaceX activities.
The resource areas considered in the
Draft EA include air quality; noise and
compatible land use; land use
(including U.S. Department of
Transportation Section 4(f) Properties);
biological resources (fish, wildlife, and
plants); historical, architectural,
archaeological, and cultural resources;
hazardous materials, pollution
prevention, and solid waste; light
emissions and visual resources; natural
resources and energy supply; water
resources (surface waters and wetlands,
groundwater, floodplains, and water
quality); socioeconomics, environmental
justice, and children’s environmental
health and safety; and secondary
(induced) impacts. Potential cumulative
impacts of the Proposed Action were
also addressed in the Draft EA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental
Program Lead, Office of Commercial
Space Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 325, Washington,
DC 20591; telephone (202) 267–5924;
e-mail: Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST); Notice of
Availability and Request for Comment on the Draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) for Issuing an Experimental Permit to SpaceX for
Operation of the Grasshopper Vehicle at the McGregor Test Site, Texas
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of Availability, Notice of Public Comment Period, and
Request for Comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code 4321-4347 (as amended), Council
on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations (40 Code
of Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500-1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E,
Change 1, the FAA is announcing the availability of and requesting
comments on the Draft EA for Issuing an Experimental Permit to SpaceX
for Operation of the Grasshopper Vehicle at the McGregor Test Site,
Texas.
The Draft EA was prepared in response to an application for an
experimental permit from Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
(SpaceX). Under the Proposed Action, the FAA would issue an
experimental permit to SpaceX to conduct suborbital launches and
landings of the Grasshopper Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) from the
McGregor test site in McGregor, TX. The Grasshopper RLV is a vertical
takeoff and vertical landing vehicle. The McGregor test site is located
within the city limits of the City of McGregor, TX in Coryell and
McLennan Counties, approximately 20 miles southwest of Waco, TX. The
Draft EA addresses the potential environmental impacts of implementing
the Proposed Action and the No Action Alternative of not issuing an
experimental permit to SpaceX.
The FAA has posted the Draft EA on the FAA/AST Web site at https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/. In addition,
copies of the Draft EA were sent to persons and institutions on the
distribution list (see Chapter 8 of the Draft EA). A paper copy of the
Draft EA may be reviewed for comment during regular business hours at
the following location:
McGinley Memorial Library, 317 Main Street, McGregor, TX 76657.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit comments on
environmental issues and concerns on or before October 26, 2011, or 30
days from the date of publication of this Notice of Availability,
whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments in writing to Mr. Daniel Czelusniak,
Environmental Program Lead, Office of Commercial Space Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
325, Washington, DC 20591; or by e-mail at Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov.
Additional Information: Under the Proposed Action, the FAA would
issue an experimental permit to SpaceX, which would authorize SpaceX to
conduct suborbital launches and landings of the Grasshopper RLV from
the McGregor test site in McGregor, TX. SpaceX has determined that to
support the Grasshopper RLV activities under the experimental permit,
it would be necessary to construct a launch pad and additional support
infrastructure (water lines). Therefore, the Proposed Action analyzed
in the Draft EA includes the activities that would be authorized by the
experimental permit (i.e., the operation of the launch vehicle) as well
as the construction of the launch pad and installation of water lines.
The experimental permit would be valid for one year and would authorize
an unlimited number of launches. The FAA could renew the experimental
permit if requested, in writing, by SpaceX at least 60 days before the
permit expires. SpaceX anticipates that the Grasshopper RLV program
would require up to 3 years to complete. Therefore, the Proposed Action
considers one new permit and two potential permit renewals.
Although an experimental permit would authorize an unlimited number
of launches, the FAA, in conjunction with SpaceX, developed a
conservative set of assumptions regarding the possible number of
launches that could be conducted under any one experimental permit for
the Grasshopper RLV at the McGregor test
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site. The FAA has assumed that SpaceX would conduct up to 70 annual
suborbital launches of the Grasshopper RLV under an experimental permit
at the McGregor test site. This estimation is a conservative number and
considers potential multiple launches per day and potential launch
failures.
The only alternative to the Proposed Action analyzed in the Draft
EA is the No Action Alternative. Under the No Action Alternative, the
FAA would not issue an experimental permit to SpaceX for operation of
the Grasshopper RLV at the McGregor test site. Existing SpaceX
activities would continue at the McGregor test site. Please refer to
Section 2.2 of the Draft EA for a brief discussion of existing SpaceX
activities.
The resource areas considered in the Draft EA include air quality;
noise and compatible land use; land use (including U.S. Department of
Transportation Section 4(f) Properties); biological resources (fish,
wildlife, and plants); historical, architectural, archaeological, and
cultural resources; hazardous materials, pollution prevention, and
solid waste; light emissions and visual resources; natural resources
and energy supply; water resources (surface waters and wetlands,
groundwater, floodplains, and water quality); socioeconomics,
environmental justice, and children's environmental health and safety;
and secondary (induced) impacts. Potential cumulative impacts of the
Proposed Action were also addressed in the Draft EA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental
Program Lead, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 325,
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-5924; e-mail:
Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2011.
Glenn H. Rizner,
Deputy Manager, Space Transportation Development Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-24717 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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