
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 63853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22136]


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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 25, 2016, 
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, October 26, 2016 from 8:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the National Transportation Safety Board 
Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20594. This 
will be the 64th meeting of the COMSTAC.
    The proposed schedule for the COMSTAC working group meetings on 
October 25th and 26th is below:

--International Space Policy (Oct 25 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)
--Business/Legal (Oct 25 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.)
--Standards (Oct 26 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.)
--Operations (Oct 26 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)

    The full Committee will meet on October 26, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 
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 Michael Beavin, COMSTAC 
Executive Director, (the contact person listed below) and Designated 
Federal Officer in writing (mail or email) by October 14, 2016, so that 
the information can be made available to COMSTAC members for their 
review and consideration before the October 25-26, 2016 meeting. 
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. 
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: Michael Beavin, telephone (202) 267-
9051; email Michael.beavin@faa.gov, FAA Office of Commercial Space 
Transportation, 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, on September 8, 2016.
 George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2016-22136 Filed 9-15-16; 8:45 am]
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