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Final Programmatic Environment Impact Statement for Commercial Reentry Vehicles
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1992-05-28
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Laws and Regulations;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and Policy;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment Impacts;
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Abstract:To ensure that space launch services provided by private enterprises are
consistent with national security and foreign policy interests of the U.S.,
and do not jeopardize public safety and safety of property, the Department of
Transportation (DOT) is authorized to regulate and license U.S. commercial
launch activities. Within DOT, the Secretary's authority has been delegated to
the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST). This authority extends to
the licensing of commercial reentry vehicles (RVs) launched from space to Earth.
Because licensing RVs is considered to be a major Federal action subject to the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,(NEPA), the OCST
has conducted this Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This EIS
addresses, on a generic basis, the environmental aspects of the reentry from
space of commercial RVs. It will be used by OCST, in conjunction with other
existing and future documentation, to assess the environmental impacts of the
operation of commercial RVs, and to support licensing of such operations. This
EIS provides information on the reentry impacts associated with RVs and relies
on existing preliminary design studies, EAs/EISs, and other environmental
documentation prepared for U. S. Government and private industry sponsored
programs, such as the Shuttle, Lifesat, COMET, and the Space Station Freedom.
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