[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9887]


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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. Important. Please note that the meeting date has changed 
from Thursday, May 22nd to Wednesday, May 21st.

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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 Wednesday, May 21, 2003, from 
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters 
Building, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, in the Bessie 
Coleman Conference Center, 2nd Floor. This will be the thirty-seventh 
meeting of the COMSTAC.
    The agenda for the meeting will include a briefing on legislative 
strategies for space, and 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]), 
including an update on the newly-established FAA Commercial Space 
Transportation Safety office at Patrick Air Force Base. Meetings of the 
COMSTAC Working Groups (Technology and Innovation, Reusable Launch 
Vehicle, Risk Management, and Launch Operations and Support) will be 
held on Tuesday, May 20, 2003. 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) 385-4713; E-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, April 11, 2003.
Patricia G. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 03-9887 Filed 4-21-03; 8:45 am]
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