FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: SIMPLIFYING PHYSICAL CONTAINMENT REQUIREMENTS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Simplifying Physical Containment Requirements.

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 on operators. Specifically, FAA proposes to relieve the burden by specifying that, when using physical containment as a hazard control strategy, operators do not need to develop flight hazard areas in accordance with FAA's existing flight hazard area analysis requirements.

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