Notice2024-05648
Notice of Availability of the Final Tiered Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for SpaceX Starship Indian Ocean Landings
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Published
March 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality NEPA- implementing regulations, and FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, the FAA is announcing the availability of the Final Tiered Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision for SpaceX Starship Indian Ocean Landings (Final Tiered EA and FONSI/ROD).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 53 (Monday, March 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 19391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05648]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of the Final Tiered Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for SpaceX Starship
Indian Ocean Landings
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality NEPA-
implementing regulations, and FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts:
Policies and Procedures, the FAA is announcing the availability of the
Final Tiered Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact/Record of Decision for SpaceX Starship Indian Ocean Landings
(Final Tiered EA and FONSI/ROD).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Hanson, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue
SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 20591; phone 847-243-7609; email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#09686470276168677a6667496f6868276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e485899dca8c858a978b8aa4828585ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA is the lead agency. The FAA
evaluated SpaceX's proposal to land its Starship vehicle in the Indian
Ocean. The proposal would require the FAA to modify SpaceX's vehicle
operator license along with potential renewals and modifications to the
license within the scope of operations. SpaceX's Proposed Action is to
analyze the potential for up to a total of ten nominal operations,
including up to a maximum of five overpressure events from Starship
intact impact and up to a total of five reentry debris or soft water
landings in the Indian Ocean, within a year of issuance of a NMFS
concurrence letter.
The Final Tiered EA evaluated the potential environmental impacts
of the Proposed Action and the No Action Alternative. Under the No
Action Alternative, the FAA would not modify SpaceX's license for
landing the Starship vehicles in the Indian Ocean. In this situation,
as permitted under existing licenses, SpaceX could land the Starship
vehicle at the VLA or downrange in the Gulf of Mexico, or Pacific Ocean
(on a floating platform or expended in the Pacific Ocean).
The FAA has posted the Final Tiered EA and FONSI/ROD on the FAA
Office of Commercial Space Transportation website: <a href="https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship">https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship</a>.
Issued in Washington, DC, on: March 12, 2024.
Stacey M. Zee,
Manager, Operations Support Branch.
[FR Doc. 2024-05648 Filed 3-15-24; 8:45 am]
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