Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 6.11.1995

National Environmental Policy Act; Shuttle Laser Altimeter

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and NASA policy and procedures (14 CFR Part 1216 Subpart 3), NASA has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to the proposed Shuttle Laser Altimeter (SLA) to be constructed at the Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland. SLA involves the precise global measurement of the topography of the distance from the Earth's surface with respect to the Space Shuttle.