[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 53496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21126]


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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 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 
teleconference of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory 
Committee (COMSTAC).

DATES: The teleconference will take place on Tuesday, September 24, 
2013. The teleconference will begin at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time and will 
last approximately one hour. The presentation and call-in number will 
be posted at least one week in advance at http://www.ast.faa.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Eckert (AST-3), Office of 
Commercial Space Transportation (AST), 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-8655; Email 
[email protected]. Complete information regarding COMSTAC is 
available on the FAA Web site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_committee/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this teleconference is to 
assist the FAA in its development of guidelines for the safety of 
occupants of commercial suborbital and orbital spacecraft. On July 31, 
2013, the FAA submitted to COMSTAC a draft document on Established 
Practices for Human Space Flight Occupant Safety for its review and 
comment. The document is intended to continue the conversation that we 
have had with COMSTAC on commercial human space flight occupant safety. 
The document provides what we believe are occupant safety measures that 
have historically proven to be worth doing for most human space flight 
system concepts. We plan to submit to COMSTAC a companion document in 
mid-September that will provide rationale for each established practice 
in the draft. In this teleconference the FAA will introduce these two 
documents, entertain early feedback from COMSTAC members, and discuss a 
way ahead.
    Interested members of the public may submit relevant written 
statements for COMSTAC members to consider under the advisory process. 
Statements may concern the issues and agenda items mentioned above or 
additional issues that may be relevant for the U.S. commercial space 
transportation industry. Interested parties wishing to submit written 
statements should contact Paul Eckert, Designated Federal Officer (the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section), in 
writing (mail or email) by September 17, 2013. This way the information 
can be made available to COMSTAC members for their review and 
consideration before the teleconference. Written statements should be 
supplied in the following formats: one hard copy with original 
signature or one electronic copy via email.
    Individuals who plan to participate and need special assistance 
should inform the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section in advance of the meeting.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 16, 2013.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2013-21126 Filed 8-28-13; 8:45 am]
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