
[Federal Register: April 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 63)]
[Notices]               
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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 the 
meetings of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee 
(COMSTAC). The meetings will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 
18 and 19, 2010, starting at 8 a.m. at the National Housing Center, 
1201 15th Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
    The proposed agenda for these meetings will feature discussions on:

--The impact of the President's proposed budget on commercial space 
transportation;
--The issues the working groups propose to address; and
--The proposed by-laws for the COMSTAC.

There will also be briefings on the 2010 Commercial Space 
Transportation Market Forecasts and discussions and activity reports by 
the chairpersons of the COMSTAC 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 or additional issues that may be relevant for the U.S. commercial 
space transportation industry. Interested parties wishing to submit 
written statements should contact Susan Lender, DFO, (the Contact 
Person listed below) in writing (mail or e-mail) by April 30,2010, so 
that the information can be made available to COMSTAC members for their 
review and consideration prior to the May 18 and 19, 2010, meetings. 
Written statements should be supplied in the following formats: One 
hard copy with original signature or one electronic copy via e-mail.
    Subject to approval, a portion of the May 19th meeting will be 
closed to the public (starting at 3:45 p.m.).
    An agenda will be posted on the FAA Web site at http://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 Person listed below in advance of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Lender (AST-100), Office of 
Commercial Space Transportation (AST), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-8029; E-mail 
susan.lender@faa.gov. Complete information regarding COMSTAC is 
available on the FAA website at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/
headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_committee/.

    Issued in Washington, DC, March 25, 2010.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2010-7399 Filed 4-1-10; 8:45 am]
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