HomeMy WebLinkAbout20182726.tiffU.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Aviation
Administration
August 17, 2018
Dear Interested Party:
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
800 Independence Ave., SW.
Washington, DC 20591
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AUG 2 3 2018
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COMMISSIONERS
The FAA is announcing the availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment
and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision for Front Range Airport Launch Site
Operator License, Spaceport Colorado (Final PEA and FONSI/ROD).
The FAA evaluated the Board of County Commissioners (the BOCC) of Adams County,
Colorado's proposal to operate a commercial space launch site, called "Spaceport Colorado," at
the Front Range Airport (FTG), in Watkins, Colorado, which would require the FAA to issue a
launch site operator license. Under the Proposed Action, the FAA would issue a launch site
operator license to the BOCC, which would authorize the BOCC to offer Spaceport Colorado to
commercial launch providers to conduct launch operations of horizontal take -off and horizontal
landing reusable launch vehicles (RLVs). The FAA would also conditionally approve FTG's
modified Airport Layout Plan (ALP) showing the launch site boundary.
The launch site operator license would not authorize FAA -licensed launches from the site; a
separate launch license from the FAA would be required. If a prospective launch operator
applies for a license to operate a launch vehicle from the site, a separate environmental
document, tiering from this PEA, would be required to support the license.
An electronic version of the Final PEA and FONSI/ROD is available on the FAA Office -of
Commercial Space Transportation website at:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office org/headquarters offices/ast/environmental/nepa docs/re
view/documents progress/front range/.
For more information you can contact Stacey Zee, of my staff, at 202-267-9305 or
Spaceport Colorado PEA@icf.com.
Sincerely,
Daniel Murray
Manager, Space Transportation Development Division
2018-2726
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