WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Overpressure Blast Effects Analysis Burden Reducing Clarification.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 5 by Minh A. Nguyen, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

Summary: FAA proposes to amend its commercial space launch and reentry licensing regulations to streamline the licensing process and reduce regulatory burden for license applicants. Specifically, FAA proposes to amend the regulations to state that a far-field overpressure blast effects analysis required for license applicants does not need to account for members of the public in hypothetical locations.

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