[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 56534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23512]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee
Open Meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee
(COMSTAC). The meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2015,
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, October 21, 2015, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the National Transportation Safety Board
Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20594. This
will be the 61st meeting of the COMSTAC.
The proposed schedule for the COMSTAC working group meetings on
October 20 is below:
--International Space Policy (8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.)
--Business/Legal (10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
--Standards (1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)
--Operations (3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.)
The full Committee will meet on October 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. The proposed agenda for that meeting features speakers relevant to
the commercial space transportation industry; and reports and
recommendations from the working groups.
Interested members of the public may submit relevant written
statements for the COMSTAC members to consider under the advisory
process. Statements may concern the issues and agenda items mentioned
above and/or additional issues that may be relevant for the U.S.
commercial space transportation industry. Interested parties wishing to
submit written statements should contact Larry Scott, COMSTAC
Designated Federal Officer, (the Contact Person listed below) in
writing (mail or email) by October 9, 2015, so that the information can
be made available to COMSTAC members for their review and consideration
before the October 20-21 meeting. Written statements should be supplied
in the following formats: One hard copy with original signature and/or
one electronic copy via email.
A portion of the October 21 meeting will be unavailable to the
public (starting at approximately 4:00 p.m.).
An agenda will be posted on the FAA Web site at www.faa.gov/go/ast.
For specific information concerning the times and locations of the
COMSTAC working group meetings, contact the Contact Person listed
below.
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should
inform the Contact Persons listed below in advance of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Scott, telephone (202) 267-7982;
email [email protected], FAA Office of Commercial Space
Transportation (AST-3), 800 Independence Avenue SW., Room 331,
Washington, DC 20591.
Complete information regarding COMSTAC is available on the FAA Web
site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_committee/.
Issued in Washington, DC, September 11, 2015.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2015-23512 Filed 9-17-15; 8:45 am]
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