Office of Commercial Space Transportation: Notice of Availability and Request for Comment on the Spaceport Camden Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Camden County, GA, 11810-11811 [2018-05322]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation: Notice of Availability
and Request for Comment on the
Spaceport Camden Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
Camden County, GA
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT) is the lead agency.
The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and National Park
Service are cooperating agencies.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comment; Notice of public
hearings.
AGENCY:
The FAA is announcing the
availability of and requesting comments
on the Spaceport Camden Draft EIS,
which is available for public review.
The Draft EIS evaluates the potential
environmental impacts that may result
from the FAA’s Proposed Action of
issuing a Launch Site Operator License
to the Camden County Board of
Commissioners (County) to operate a
proposed commercial space launch site,
called Spaceport Camden. The license
would allow the County to offer
Spaceport Camden to commercial
launch operators to conduct vertical
launches.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 16, 2018.
The FAA will hold two public
hearings to solicit comments from the
public concerning the content of the
Draft EIS. The dates of the hearings are
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Wednesday, April 11, and Thursday,
April 12, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The FAA will hold the two
public hearings at the following
location: Camden County Public Service
Authority Recreation Center Community
Room, 1050 Wildcat Drive, Kingsland,
GA 31548 (912–729–5600).
A paper copy of the Draft EIS is
available for review during regular
business hours at the following libraries:
• Camden County Public Library, 1410
Georgia Highway 40, Kingsland, GA
31548
• St. Marys Public Library, 100 Herb
Bauer Drive, St. Marys, GA 31558
• Brunswick-Glynn County Library, 208
Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA
31520
• St. Simons Island Public Library,
530A Beachview Drive, St. Simons
Island, GA, 31522
Comments regarding the Draft EIS
should be mailed to Ms. Stacey M. Zee,
Environmental Specialist, Federal
Aviation Administration, c/o Leidos,
2109 Air Park Road SE, Suite 200,
Albuquerque, NM 87106. Comments
may also be submitted by email to
FAACamdenSpaceportEIS@Leidos.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stacey M. Zee, Environmental
Specialist, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Ave.
SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone (202) 267–9305; email
FAACamdenSpaceportEIS@Leidos.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
is announcing the availability of and
requesting comments on the Spaceport
Camden Draft EIS, in accordance with
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 as amended (42 United States
Code [U.S.C.] §§ 4321 et seq.), Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts
1500–1508), and FAA Order 1050.1F,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures. This Draft EIS is also
submitted for review pursuant to the
following public law requirements:
Section 4(f) of the DOT Act (49 U.S.C.
303); Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C.
300101 et seq.); Executive Order (E.O.)
11988, Floodplain Management; DOT
Order 5650.2, Floodplain Management
and Protection; E.O. 11990, Protection
of Wetlands; and DOT Order 5660.1A,
Preservation of the Nation’s Wetlands.
Pursuant to the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972, as amended,
this project is being evaluated for
consistency with the Georgia Coastal
Management Program. Section
306(d)(14) of the Act requires public
participation in the Federal consistency
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review process. The FAA encourages
the public to submit comments on the
compatibility of the Proposed Action
and alternatives with these special
purpose laws.
An electronic version of the Draft EIS
is available on the FAA Office of
Commercial Space Transportation
website at: https://www.faa.gov/about/
office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/
environmental/nepa_docs/review/
documents_progress/camden_
spaceport/.
The FAA encourages all interested
agencies, organizations, Native
American tribes, and members of the
public to submit comments concerning
the analysis presented in the Draft EIS
by May 16, 2018. 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 any mitigations being considered.
Reviewers should organize their
participation so that it is meaningful
and makes the agency aware of the
viewer’s interests and concerns using
quotations and other specific references
to the text of the Draft EIS and related
documents. Matters that could have
been raised with specificity during the
comment period on the Draft EIS 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.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be advised that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Due to the large turnout during the
public scoping meetings, the FAA will
hold two public hearings to solicit
comments from the public concerning
the content of the Draft EIS on
Wednesday, April 11 and Thursday,
April 12, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. at the following location: Camden
County Public Service Authority
Recreation Center Community Room,
1050 Wildcat Drive, Kingsland, GA
31548 (912–729–5600).
At the public hearings, the FAA will
present information about the Draft EIS
and the environmental review process.
Please note the FAA will present
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identical information at each public
hearing. If you are planning to provide
oral comments during the hearing, we
ask that you speak at only one of the
hearings, so that everyone wanting to
present comments has the opportunity
to do so, as time is limited. The purpose
of the public hearings is to afford the
public and other interested parties the
opportunity to comment on the analysis
of the Proposed Action and alternatives
presented in the Draft EIS. Members of
the public and other interested parties
will be provided the opportunity to
submit both written and oral comments.
The hearings will include a poster
information session and an FAA
presentation, followed by a public
statement period in which members of
the public can present up to a threeminute statement. The FAA will
transcribe oral comments. All comments
received during the comment period
will be given equal weight and taken
into consideration during preparation of
the Final EIS.
Under the Proposed Action, the FAA
would issue a Launch Site Operator
License to the County. The license
would allow the County to offer
Spaceport Camden to commercial
launch operators to conduct launches of
liquid-fueled, small to medium-large
lift-class, orbital and suborbital vertical
launch vehicles. The license would
allow up to 12 vertical launches and up
to 12 associated launch vehicle firststage landings per year. In support of
the launches, there would be up to 12
wet dress rehearsals and up to 12 static
fire engine tests per year. All vehicles
would launch to the east, from between
83 degrees (slightly north of due east)
and 115 degrees (approximately east
southeast), over the Intracoastal
Waterway, Cumberland Island National
Seashore and/or Little Cumberland
Island, and the Atlantic Ocean. The
Proposed Action includes possible
recovery of the first stage by either
landing the stage at Spaceport Camden
or landing the stage on a barge
approximately 200 to 300 miles off
shore in the Atlantic Ocean and
returning it to Spaceport Camden.
Alternatives under consideration in
the Draft EIS include the Proposed
Action, an Ocean-Landing Only
Alternative (similar to the Proposed
Action except first-stage landings would
only occur on a barge approximately
200 to 300 miles off shore in the
Atlantic Ocean), and the No Action
Alternative.
The Draft EIS evaluates the potential
direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts that may result
from the Proposed Action, OceanLanding Only Alternative, and the No
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Action Alternative. The FAA assessed
impact categories to provide a context
for understanding and assessing the
potential environmental impacts of the
construction and operation, as well as
secondary (induced) impacts associated
with the Proposed Action and
alternatives. The Draft EIS focuses on
the following impact categories: Air
quality; biological resources (including
fish, wildlife, and plants); climate;
coastal resources; Department of
Transportation Act, Section 4(f)
(including park and recreational lands,
wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and
historic sites in transportation project
development); farmlands; hazardous
materials, solid waste, and pollution
prevention; historical, architectural,
archeological, and cultural resources;
land use; natural resources and energy
supply; noise and compatible land use;
socioeconomics, environmental justice,
and children’s environmental health
and safety risks; visual effects
(including light emissions), and water
resources (including wetlands,
floodplains, surface waters,
groundwater, and wild and scenic
rivers). The following topics were also
analyzed and are appended to the Draft
EIS: Health and safety, soils and
geology, transportation, and airspace.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 9,
2018.
Daniel Murray,
Manager, Space Transportation Development
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space Transportation: Notice of Availability
and Request for Comment on the Spaceport Camden Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), Camden County, GA
AGENCY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT) is the lead agency. The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and National Park Service are cooperating
agencies.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment; Notice of
public hearings.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is announcing the availability of and requesting
comments on the Spaceport Camden Draft EIS, which is available for
public review. The Draft EIS evaluates the potential environmental
impacts that may result from the FAA's Proposed Action of issuing a
Launch Site Operator License to the Camden County Board of
Commissioners (County) to operate a proposed commercial space launch
site, called Spaceport Camden. The license would allow the County to
offer Spaceport Camden to commercial launch operators to conduct
vertical launches.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 16, 2018.
The FAA will hold two public hearings to solicit comments from the
public concerning the content of the Draft EIS. The dates of the
hearings are Wednesday, April 11, and Thursday, April 12, 2018, from
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The FAA will hold the two public hearings at the following
location: Camden County Public Service Authority Recreation Center
Community Room, 1050 Wildcat Drive, Kingsland, GA 31548 (912-729-5600).
A paper copy of the Draft EIS is available for review during
regular business hours at the following libraries:
Camden County Public Library, 1410 Georgia Highway 40,
Kingsland, GA 31548
St. Marys Public Library, 100 Herb Bauer Drive, St. Marys, GA
31558
Brunswick-Glynn County Library, 208 Gloucester Street,
Brunswick, GA 31520
St. Simons Island Public Library, 530A Beachview Drive, St.
Simons Island, GA, 31522
Comments regarding the Draft EIS should be mailed to Ms. Stacey M.
Zee, Environmental Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, c/o
Leidos, 2109 Air Park Road SE, Suite 200, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
Comments may also be submitted by email to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey M. Zee, Environmental
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave. SW,
Suite 325, Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-9305; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA is announcing the availability of
and requesting comments on the Spaceport Camden Draft EIS, in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as
amended (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] Sec. Sec. 4321 et seq.),
Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 Code of Federal
Regulations Parts 1500-1508), and FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental
Impacts: Policies and Procedures. This Draft EIS is also submitted for
review pursuant to the following public law requirements: Section 4(f)
of the DOT Act (49 U.S.C. 303); Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.); Executive Order (E.O.)
11988, Floodplain Management; DOT Order 5650.2, Floodplain Management
and Protection; E.O. 11990, Protection of Wetlands; and DOT Order
5660.1A, Preservation of the Nation's Wetlands. Pursuant to the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, this project is being
evaluated for consistency with the Georgia Coastal Management Program.
Section 306(d)(14) of the Act requires public participation in the
Federal consistency
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review process. The FAA encourages the public to submit comments on the
compatibility of the Proposed Action and alternatives with these
special purpose laws.
An electronic version of the Draft EIS is available on the FAA
Office of Commercial Space Transportation website at: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/environmental/nepa_docs/review/documents_progress/camden_spaceport/.
The FAA encourages all interested agencies, organizations, Native
American tribes, and members of the public to submit comments
concerning the analysis presented in the Draft EIS by May 16, 2018.
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 any mitigations being considered.
Reviewers should organize their participation so that it is meaningful
and makes the agency aware of the viewer's interests and concerns using
quotations and other specific references to the text of the Draft EIS
and related documents. Matters that could have been raised with
specificity during the comment period on the Draft EIS 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.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that
your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in
your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying
information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Due to the large turnout during the public scoping meetings, the
FAA will hold two public hearings to solicit comments from the public
concerning the content of the Draft EIS on Wednesday, April 11 and
Thursday, April 12, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the following
location: Camden County Public Service Authority Recreation Center
Community Room, 1050 Wildcat Drive, Kingsland, GA 31548 (912-729-5600).
At the public hearings, the FAA will present information about the
Draft EIS and the environmental review process. Please note the FAA
will present identical information at each public hearing. If you are
planning to provide oral comments during the hearing, we ask that you
speak at only one of the hearings, so that everyone wanting to present
comments has the opportunity to do so, as time is limited. The purpose
of the public hearings is to afford the public and other interested
parties the opportunity to comment on the analysis of the Proposed
Action and alternatives presented in the Draft EIS. Members of the
public and other interested parties will be provided the opportunity to
submit both written and oral comments. The hearings will include a
poster information session and an FAA presentation, followed by a
public statement period in which members of the public can present up
to a three-minute statement. The FAA will transcribe oral comments. All
comments received during the comment period will be given equal weight
and taken into consideration during preparation of the Final EIS.
Under the Proposed Action, the FAA would issue a Launch Site
Operator License to the County. The license would allow the County to
offer Spaceport Camden to commercial launch operators to conduct
launches of liquid-fueled, small to medium-large lift-class, orbital
and suborbital vertical launch vehicles. The license would allow up to
12 vertical launches and up to 12 associated launch vehicle first-stage
landings per year. In support of the launches, there would be up to 12
wet dress rehearsals and up to 12 static fire engine tests per year.
All vehicles would launch to the east, from between 83 degrees
(slightly north of due east) and 115 degrees (approximately east
southeast), over the Intracoastal Waterway, Cumberland Island National
Seashore and/or Little Cumberland Island, and the Atlantic Ocean. The
Proposed Action includes possible recovery of the first stage by either
landing the stage at Spaceport Camden or landing the stage on a barge
approximately 200 to 300 miles off shore in the Atlantic Ocean and
returning it to Spaceport Camden.
Alternatives under consideration in the Draft EIS include the
Proposed Action, an Ocean-Landing Only Alternative (similar to the
Proposed Action except first-stage landings would only occur on a barge
approximately 200 to 300 miles off shore in the Atlantic Ocean), and
the No Action Alternative.
The Draft EIS evaluates the potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental impacts that may result from the Proposed
Action, Ocean-Landing Only Alternative, and the No Action Alternative.
The FAA assessed impact categories to provide a context for
understanding and assessing the potential environmental impacts of the
construction and operation, as well as secondary (induced) impacts
associated with the Proposed Action and alternatives. The Draft EIS
focuses on the following impact categories: Air quality; biological
resources (including fish, wildlife, and plants); climate; coastal
resources; Department of Transportation Act, Section 4(f) (including
park and recreational lands, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and
historic sites in transportation project development); farmlands;
hazardous materials, solid waste, and pollution prevention; historical,
architectural, archeological, and cultural resources; land use; natural
resources and energy supply; noise and compatible land use;
socioeconomics, environmental justice, and children's environmental
health and safety risks; visual effects (including light emissions),
and water resources (including wetlands, floodplains, surface waters,
groundwater, and wild and scenic rivers). The following topics were
also analyzed and are appended to the Draft EIS: Health and safety,
soils and geology, transportation, and airspace.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2018.
Daniel Murray,
Manager, Space Transportation Development Division.
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