Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact to the September 2008 Environmental Assessment for Space Florida Launch Site Operator License, Brevard County, FL

Résumé

In accordance with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Council on Environmental Quality NEPA implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1, the FAA is announcing the availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment (Final SEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to the September 2008 Environmental Assessment for Space Florida Launch Site Operator License. The Final SEA was prepared in response to an application for a Launch Site Operator License from Space Florida. Under the Proposed Action, the FAA would issue a Launch Site Operator License to Space Florida to operate a commercial space launch site at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) and LC-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Brevard County, Florida. The license would allow Space Florida to support vertical launches of both solid and liquid propellant launch vehicles from LC-36 and LC-46. LC-46 is the easternmost launch complex at CCAFS, located at the tip of Cape Canaveral, and LC-36 is located in the east-central portion of CCAFS. The Final SEA addresses the potential environmental impacts of issuing a Launch Si