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The respondents are medical providers
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation; Notice of Availability
and Request for Comment on the Draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) for
the Kodiak Launch Complex Launch
Pad 3, Kodiak Island, Alaska
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
AGENCY:
Notice of availability, notice of
public comment period, notice of public
meeting and request for comment.
ACTIONS:
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In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 United
States Code 4321 et seq.), Council on
Environmental Quality NEPA
implementing regulations (40 Code of
Federal Regulations parts 1500 to 1508),
and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures, the FAA is announcing the
availability of and requesting comments
on the Draft Environmental Assessment
for the Kodiak Launch Complex Launch
Pad 3 (Draft EA).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stacey M. Zee, Federal Aviation
Administration, c/o ICF International,
9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031;
SUMMARY:
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email FAAKodiakEA@icfi.com;
telephone (202) 267–9305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft
EA was prepared to analyze the
potential environmental impacts of the
FAA modifying the Alaska Aerospace
Corporation’s (AAC’s) Launch Site
Operator License to include medium-lift
launch capability at the Kodiak Launch
Complex (KLC), a commercial launch
site currently operated under a FAA
Launch Site Operator License (LSO–03–
008), which authorizes only small-lift
operations. Expansion of launch
capabilities at KLC would include the
addition of new infrastructure necessary
to support medium-lift launches,
including the construction of a launch
pad and associated facilities. As part of
the Proposed Action addressed in the
EA, AAC would make improvements to
the KLC to add both solid and liquidpropellant, medium-lift launch
capability, and to operate the KLC in the
future as a small-lift and medium-lift
launch complex. Proposed construction
at KLC includes six primary
modifications: construction of Launch
Pad 3 (LP3), a vehicle processing
facility, rocket staging facility, liquid
fuel facility, mission control center and
improvements to Pasagshak Point Road.
Proposed launch operations would
include up to six orbital small-lift
launches and three medium-lift
launches per year from the existing
launch pads and from the proposed LP3;
however, to be conservative in the
analysis of potential environmental
impacts in this Draft EA, the EA
assumes a maximum of nine mediumlift launches per year.
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 modify
AAC’s Launch Site Operator License to
include medium-lift launch capability
and AAC would not proceed with the
construction of medium-lift launch
support infrastructure at KLC. Existing
launch activities for up to nine orbital
small-lift class launches per year from
the existing launch pads would
continue.
The impact categories considered in
the Draft EA include air quality;
compatible land use; Department of
Transportation Act: Section 4(f); fish,
wildlife, and plants; hazardous
materials, pollution prevention, and
solid waste; historical, architectural,
archaeological, and cultural resources;
light emissions and visual impacts;
natural resources and energy supply;
noise; socioeconomic, environmental
justice, and children’s environmental
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health and safety risk; water quality;
and wetlands. The Draft EA also
considers the potential cumulative
environmental impacts.
The FAA has posted the Draft EA on
the FAA Office of Commercial Space
Transportation Web site: https://
www.faa.gov/about/office_org/
headquarters_offices/ast/
environmental/nepa_docs/review/
documents_progress/kodiak_launch/.
A paper copy and a CD version of the
Draft EA may be reviewed for comment
during regular business hours at the
following libraries:
• Kodiak Public Library, 612 Egan
Way, Kodiak, AK 99615
• University of Alaska Anchorage—
Carolyn Floyd Library, 117 Benny
Benson Drive, Kodiak, AK 99615
• Anchorage Municipal Library, 3600
Denali St., Anchorage, AK 99503
The FAA will hold an open house
public meeting to solicit comments from
the public concerning the scope and
content of the Draft EA. Details of the
meeting are as follows:
• October 7, 2014, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m., Kodiak Inn Best Western,
Katurwik Room, 236 E. Rezanof Dr.,
Kodiak, AK 99615
The public will be able to speak to
project representatives one-on-one and
submit written comments or provide
oral comments to a stenographer. Oral
and written comments are weighted
evenly.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 no later
than October 15, 2014. 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 and the mitigation
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.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments in
writing to Stacey M. Zee, Federal
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International, 9300 Lee Highway,
Fairfax, VA 22031; or by email at
FAAKodiakEA@icfi.com.
Issued in Washington, DC on September
15, 2014.
Daniel Murray,
Manager, Space Transportation Development
Division.
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ACTION:
Notice of Meeting.
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Development Advisory Committee.
Time and Date: October 09, 2014—
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Place: Federal Aviation
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Floor), Washington, DC 20591.
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include receiving from the Committee
guidance for FAA’s research and
development investments in the areas of
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safety, human factors and environment
and energy. Attendance is open to the
interested public but seating is limited.
Persons wishing to attend the meeting
or obtain information should contact
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Notice of Availability
and Request for Comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for
the Kodiak Launch Complex Launch Pad 3, Kodiak Island, Alaska
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTIONS: Notice of availability, notice of public comment period,
notice of public meeting and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 United States Code 4321 et seq.), Council on
Environmental Quality NEPA implementing regulations (40 Code of Federal
Regulations parts 1500 to 1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, the FAA is announcing
the availability of and requesting comments on the Draft Environmental
Assessment for the Kodiak Launch Complex Launch Pad 3 (Draft EA).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey M. Zee, Federal Aviation
Administration, c/o ICF International, 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA
22031;
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email FAAKodiakEA@icfi.com; telephone (202) 267-9305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft EA was prepared to analyze the
potential environmental impacts of the FAA modifying the Alaska
Aerospace Corporation's (AAC's) Launch Site Operator License to include
medium-lift launch capability at the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), a
commercial launch site currently operated under a FAA Launch Site
Operator License (LSO-03-008), which authorizes only small-lift
operations. Expansion of launch capabilities at KLC would include the
addition of new infrastructure necessary to support medium-lift
launches, including the construction of a launch pad and associated
facilities. As part of the Proposed Action addressed in the EA, AAC
would make improvements to the KLC to add both solid and liquid-
propellant, medium-lift launch capability, and to operate the KLC in
the future as a small-lift and medium-lift launch complex. Proposed
construction at KLC includes six primary modifications: construction of
Launch Pad 3 (LP3), a vehicle processing facility, rocket staging
facility, liquid fuel facility, mission control center and improvements
to Pasagshak Point Road. Proposed launch operations would include up to
six orbital small-lift launches and three medium-lift launches per year
from the existing launch pads and from the proposed LP3; however, to be
conservative in the analysis of potential environmental impacts in this
Draft EA, the EA assumes a maximum of nine medium-lift launches per
year.
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 modify AAC's Launch Site
Operator License to include medium-lift launch capability and AAC would
not proceed with the construction of medium-lift launch support
infrastructure at KLC. Existing launch activities for up to nine
orbital small-lift class launches per year from the existing launch
pads would continue.
The impact categories considered in the Draft EA include air
quality; compatible land use; Department of Transportation Act: Section
4(f); fish, wildlife, and plants; hazardous materials, pollution
prevention, and solid waste; historical, architectural, archaeological,
and cultural resources; light emissions and visual impacts; natural
resources and energy supply; noise; socioeconomic, environmental
justice, and children's environmental health and safety risk; water
quality; and wetlands. The Draft EA also considers the potential
cumulative environmental impacts.
The FAA has posted the Draft EA on the FAA Office of Commercial
Space Transportation Web site: https://www.faa.gov/about/
officeorg/headquartersoffices/ast/environmental/
nepadocs/review/documentsprogress/
kodiaklaunch/.
A paper copy and a CD version of the Draft EA may be reviewed for
comment during regular business hours at the following libraries:
Kodiak Public Library, 612 Egan Way, Kodiak, AK 99615
University of Alaska Anchorage--Carolyn Floyd Library, 117
Benny Benson Drive, Kodiak, AK 99615
Anchorage Municipal Library, 3600 Denali St., Anchorage,
AK 99503
The FAA will hold an open house public meeting to solicit comments
from the public concerning the scope and content of the Draft EA.
Details of the meeting are as follows:
October 7, 2014, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Kodiak Inn Best
Western, Katurwik Room, 236 E. Rezanof Dr., Kodiak, AK 99615
The public will be able to speak to project representatives one-on-
one and submit written comments or provide oral comments to a
stenographer. Oral and written comments are weighted evenly.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 no later than October 15,
2014. 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 and the mitigation 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.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments in writing to Stacey M. Zee, Federal
Aviation Administration, c/o ICF International, 9300 Lee Highway,
Fairfax, VA 22031; or by email at FAAKodiakEA@icfi.com.
Issued in Washington, DC on September 15, 2014.
Daniel Murray,
Manager, Space Transportation Development Division.
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