Renewal of Defense Trade Advisory Group Charter, 29260 [2014-11776]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 98 / Wednesday, May 21, 2014 / Notices
By the Commission.
Lynn M. Powalski,
Deputy Secretary.
ACTION:
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SUMMARY:
Notice of Availability, Notice of
Public Comment Period, and Request for
Comment.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 8742]
Renewal of Defense Trade Advisory
Group Charter
Department of State.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of State
announces the renewal of the Charter
for the Defense Trade Advisory Group
(DTAG). The DTAG advises the
Department on its support for and
regulation of defense trade to help
ensure the foreign policy and national
security of the United States continue to
be protected and advanced, while
helping to reduce unnecessary
impediments to legitimate exports in
order to support the defense
requirements of U.S. friends and allies.
It is the only Department of State
advisory committee that addresses
defense trade related topics. The DTAG
will remain in existence for two years
after the filing date of the Charter unless
terminated or renewed sooner. The
DTAG is authorized by 22 U.S.C.
§§ 2651a and 2656 and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
Appendix.
For more information, contact Lisa V.
Aguirre, Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, Defense Trade Advisory Group,
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520, telephone: (202) 663–2830.
SUMMARY:
Date: May 14, 2014.
Lisa V. Aguirre,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Defense
Trade Advisory Group, U.S. Department of
State.
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and Request for Comment on the Draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) for
Issuing an Experimental Permit to
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
(SpaceX) for Operation of the
DragonFly Vehicle at the McGregor
Test Site, McGregor, Texas.
Federal Aviation
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In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 U.S.C.
4321, et seq.), Council on
Environmental Quality NEPA
implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts
1500–1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures, 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 DragonFly
Vehicle at the McGregor Test Site,
McGregor, Texas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Daniel Czelusniak, Office of Commercial
Space Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Suite 325, Washington, DC
20591; telephone (202) 267–5924; email
Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft
EA was prepared to analyze the
potential environmental impacts of
SpaceX’s proposal to conduct suborbital
launches and landings of the DragonFly
reusable launch vehicle (RLV) at the
McGregor, Texas test site located in
McLennan and Coryell Counties. To
conduct this experimental testing,
SpaceX must obtain an experimental
permit from the FAA. Under the
Proposed Action addressed in the EA,
the FAA would issue an experimental
permit to SpaceX, which would
authorize SpaceX to conduct suborbital
launches and landings of the DragonFly
RLV from the McGregor test site. To
support the DragonFly RLV activities
under the experimental permit, SpaceX
would construct a 40 foot (ft) by 40 ft
launch pad. 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. SpaceX anticipates the DragonFly
RLV program would require up to two
years to complete (2014–2015).
Therefore, the Proposed Action
considers one new permit and one
potential permit renewal. A maximum
of 30 annual operations are proposed in
each year of operation.
The Draft EA addresses the potential
environmental impacts of implementing
the Proposed Action and the No Action
Alternative. Under the No Action
Alternative, the FAA would not issue an
experimental permit to SpaceX for the
operation of the DragonFly RLV at the
McGregor test site. Existing SpaceX
activities would continue at the
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McGregor test site, which include
engine testing for the Falcon 9 launch
vehicle.
The impact categories considered in
the Draft EA include air quality; noise
and compatible land use; Department of
Transportation Act: Section 4(f);
historical, architectural, archaeological,
and cultural resources; fish, wildlife,
and plants; water quality (surface
waters, groundwater, wetlands, and
floodplains); natural resources and
energy supply; hazardous materials,
pollution prevention, and solid waste;
light emissions and visual impacts; and
socioeconomics, environmental justice,
and children’s environmental health
risks and safety risks. The Draft EA also
considers the potential cumulative
environmental impacts.
The FAA has posted the Draft EA on
the FAA Web site at https://www.faa.gov/
about/office_org/headquarters_offices/
ast/environmental/review/permits/.
A paper copy of the Draft EA may be
reviewed during regular business hours
at the following library:
• McGinley Memorial Library, 317
Main Street, McGregor, TX 76657
The FAA encourages all
interested parties to provide comments
concerning the scope and content of the
Draft EA. To ensure that all comments
can be addressed in the Final EA,
comments on the draft must be received
by the FAA, preferably in writing, on or
before June 16, 2014, or 30 days from
the date of publication of this Notice of
Availability, whichever is later.
Comments should be as specific as
possible and address the analysis of
potential environmental impacts and
the adequacy of the proposed action or
merits of alternatives being considered.
Reviewers should organize their
comments to be meaningful and inform
the FAA of their interests and concerns
by quoting or providing specific
references to the text of the Draft EA.
Matters that could have been raised
with specificity during the comment
period on the Draft EA may not be
considered if they are raised for the first
time later in the decision process. This
commenting procedure is intended to
ensure that substantive comments and
concerns are made available to the FAA
in a timely manner so that the FAA has
an opportunity to address them.
DATES:
Please submit comments in
writing to Mr. Daniel Czelusniak, Office
of Commercial Space Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW., Suite 325,
Washington, DC 20591; or by email at
Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 8742]
Renewal of Defense Trade Advisory Group Charter
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State announces the renewal of the Charter
for the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG). The DTAG advises the
Department on its support for and regulation of defense trade to help
ensure the foreign policy and national security of the United States
continue to be protected and advanced, while helping to reduce
unnecessary impediments to legitimate exports in order to support the
defense requirements of U.S. friends and allies. It is the only
Department of State advisory committee that addresses defense trade
related topics. The DTAG will remain in existence for two years after
the filing date of the Charter unless terminated or renewed sooner. The
DTAG is authorized by 22 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 2651a and 2656 and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix.
For more information, contact Lisa V. Aguirre, Alternate Designated
Federal Officer, Defense Trade Advisory Group, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520, telephone: (202) 663-2830.
Date: May 14, 2014.
Lisa V. Aguirre,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Defense Trade Advisory Group,
U.S. Department of State.
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