[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8054-8055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03291]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2025-3124]


Notice of Availability of the Final Tiered Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision for 
Updates to Airspace Closures for Additional Launch Trajectories and 
Starship Boca Chica Landings of the SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Vehicle 
at the SpaceX Boca Chica Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas (Final 
Tiered EA and FONSI/ROD)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Tiered EA and FONSI/ROD.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended (NEPA) and FAA Order 1050.1G, FAA National 
Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures, the FAA is announcing 
the availability of the Final Tiered Environmental Assessment and 
Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision for Updates to 
Airspace Closures for Additional Launch Trajectories and Starship Boca 
Chica Landings of the SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Vehicle at the SpaceX 
Boca Chica Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas (Final Tiered EA and 
FONSI/ROD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy B. Hanson, 847-243-7609, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA previously released the Draft Tiered 
Environmental Assessment (Draft Tiered EA) for public review and 
comment on September 19, 2025. Due to a lapse in government funding, 
the October 7th, 2025 virtual public meeting was cancelled. The public 
comment period closed on October 20, 2025. The FAA received 27 public 
comments on the Draft Tiered EA. All public comments submitted on the 
Draft Tiered EA are available at www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 
FAA-2025-3124. All comments received on the Draft Tiered EA were given 
equal weight and taken into consideration. Under the Proposed

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Action, the FAA would modify SpaceX's vehicle operator license to 
authorize:
     Updated operations for additional launch trajectories for 
Starship-Super Heavy operations at the Boca Chica Launch site, and;
     Updated operations for Starship Return to Launch Site 
mission profiles for Starship-Super Heavy operations at the Boca Chica 
Launch Site.
    The Final Tiered EA also analyzed potential temporary airspace 
closures associated with the proposed mission profiles.
    The FAA has posted the Final Tiered EA and FONSI/ROD on the FAA 
Office of Commercial Space Transportation website: https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship.
    The Unique ID for this document is PEAX-012-12-000-1758121750.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on: February 17, 2026.
Stacey Molinich Zee,
Manager, Operations Support Branch.
[FR Doc. 2026-03291 Filed 2-18-26; 8:45 am]
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