[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24264]



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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 Thursday, October 21, 1999, 
from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Federal Aviation Administration 
Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC, in 
the Bessie Coleman Conference Center (second floor). This will be the 
thirtieth meeting of the COMSTAC.
    The agenda for the meeting will include reports from the COMSTAC 
Working Groups; a legislative update on Congressional activities 
involving commercial space transportation; an activities report from 
FAA's Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation 
(formerly the Office of Commercial Space Transportation [60 FR 62762, 
December 7, 1995]); and an update from the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy regarding the federal interagency review on the 
future management and use of the U.S. space launch bases and ranges. 
The meeting is open to the public; however, space is limited.
    Meetings of the Technology and Innovation, Reusable Launch Vehicle, 
Risk Management, and Launch Operations and Support Working Groups will 
be held on Wednesday, October 20, 1999. For specific information 
concerning the times and locations of these 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: Brenda Parker (AST-200), Office of the 
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST), 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 
267-8308; E-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, September 10, 1999.
Patricia G. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-24264 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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