Notice2025-23314
Notice of Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement for SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
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Published
December 18, 2025
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Abstract
On November 20, 2025, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), FL.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59094-59095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23314]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact
Statement for SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy at Cape Canaveral Space Force
Station, Florida
AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of record of decision.
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SUMMARY: On November 20, 2025, the Department of the Air Force (DAF)
signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy at Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station (CCSFS), FL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Hilary Rummel, NEPA Project
Manager,
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by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#640c0d0805161d4a1611090901084a0710162411174a05024a090d08"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0169686d6073782f73746c6c646d2f6275734174722f60672f6c686d">[email protected]</span></a> or SLD 45 Public Affairs office
by phone at 1-321-494-7732.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DAF has decided to allow SpaceX to
redevelop Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at CCSFS for Starship-Super
Heavy launch and landing operations. Upon execution of the real
property agreement and associated documentation, as analyzed in the
Final EIS and while adhering to the mitigation measures identified,
SpaceX is authorized to: (1) undertake construction activities
necessary to redevelop SLC-37 and associated infrastructure for
Starship-Super Heavy operations; (2) conduct prelaunch operations,
including the transportation of launch vehicle components and static
fire tests; and (3) conduct up to 76 launches and 152 landings
annually, once a supplemental analysis of airspace impacts by the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is completed. The DAF will assess
the airspace analysis conducted by the FAA and finalize a revised ROD
prior to Starship-Super Heavy launches or landings occurring at CCSFS.
The DAF decision documented in the ROD was based on matters
discussed in the Final EIS, inputs from the public and regulatory
agencies, and other relevant factors. The Final EIS was made available
to the public on November 26, 2025 through the project website (<a href="https://spaceforcestarshipeis.com/">https://spaceforcestarshipeis.com/</a>), and a Notice of Availability was
published in the Federal Register (Volume 90, Number 232, Page 56145)
on December 5, 2025.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq. and Department of Defense
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures.
Saleisia L. Kolstad,
Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-23314 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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