
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59712-59713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20796]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation 
Advisory Committee--Public Teleconference

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee 
Teleconference.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is 
hereby given of a teleconference of the Commercial Space Transportation

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Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The Teleconference will take place on 
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 starting at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 
Time and will last approximately one hour. The agenda and call-in 
number will be posted at least one week in advance at http://www.faa.gov/go/ast.
    The purpose of this teleconference is to review draft legislation 
proposed by Representative Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma, 1st District, 
that would authorize the Department of Transportation to perform an 
enhanced version of its current payload review process and consult with 
its interagency partners to ensure the compliance of proposed 
commercial space activities with U.S. treaty obligations, and national 
security and foreign policy interests. Examples of the types of 
activities that could fall under this authority include commercial 
space stations, satellite servicing, space resource utilization, and 
operations beyond Earth orbit. The FAA recently used an ad-hoc version 
of this approach to authorize a U.S. company to carry out the first 
private mission on the Moon.
    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 Michael Beavin, COMSTAC 
Executive Director, (the Contact Person listed below) in writing (mail 
or email) by September 9, 2016, so that the information can be made 
available to COMSTAC members for their review and consideration before 
the September 14 teleconference. Written statements should be supplied 
in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature and/or 
one electronic copy via email.
    An agenda will be posted on the FAA Web site at www.faa.gov/go/ast.
    Individuals who plan to participate and need special assistance 
should inform the Contact Persons listed below in advance of the 
meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Michael Beavin, telephone (202) 267-
9051; email Michael.beavin@faa.gov, 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/.

    Authority:  Public Law 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

    Issued in Washington, DC, August 24, 2016.
 George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2016-20796 Filed 8-29-16; 8:45 am]
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