{"id":577,"date":"2017-07-07T11:06:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T15:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groundbasedspacematters.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2017-07-12T07:52:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T11:52:31","slug":"two-topics-the-space-shows-harmful-contamination-show-noaas-request-for-comment-on-regulatory-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groundbasedspacematters.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/07\/two-topics-the-space-shows-harmful-contamination-show-noaas-request-for-comment-on-regulatory-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Topics: The Space Show’s Harmful Contamination Show & NOAA’s Request for Comment on Regulatory Reform."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Space Show and Harmful Contamination.\u00a0 <\/strong>I am looking forward to being on The Space Show<\/strong><\/a> with Dr. David Livingstone this Sunday at 3 p.m. EDT.\u00a0 We will be talking about the applicability of the harmful contamination provision of Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty to the U.S. commercial sector.\u00a0 As noted in this post<\/strong><\/a>, the treaty’s restrictions on harmful contamination apply to government rather than private actors in outer space.<\/p>\n

NOAA.<\/strong>\u00a0 As we have seen with other regulatory agencies, the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is requesting comments<\/strong><\/a>, in accordance with the President’s Executive Orders directing it to do so, on how it may streamline its regulations and guidance.\u00a0 Specifically, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service and National Ocean Service request comment on their regulations and guidance.\u00a0 These Services administer laws that protect the environment, such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.\u00a0 You may ask what this has to do with space law.<\/p>\n

What this has to do with space law is that when the FAA issues a license to launch a launch vehicle or reenter a reentry vehicle, or to operate a launch or reentry site, that license is a “major federal action” under the National Environmental Policy Act, which means that the license applicant must provide extensive information to the FAA for the preparation of an environmental impact statement or assessment.\u00a0 Part of that information must show how the applicant will comply with the various environmental laws on the books, including those listed above.\u00a0 Applicants for site licenses spend a lot of money on these reviews.\u00a0 Accordingly, if you are a licensee or an applicant, now is your chance to have input on the regulations and guidance that implement those laws.<\/p>\n

If you comment, you should, as NOAA strongly urges in its notice, follow a few protocols.\u00a0 They will make your comments easier to understand and be more persuasive and thus more effective.\u00a0 Cite to the specific provision in NOAA’s guidance or the Code of Federal Regulations.\u00a0 Explain the burden it imposes.\u00a0 Don’t just say it’s a burden, explain what harm it does and why and how.\u00a0 Even better, explain why the requirement is unnecessary or duplicative of another requirement.\u00a0 Maybe they’re both unnecessary. Do say why. The more detail you provide the better.\u00a0 Bald assertions that something is harmful won’t get you very far.\u00a0 When you are talking to an agency who thinks that its requirement is necessary, you have to do more than say, “nuh, uh.”\u00a0 That is what is called a legally insufficient comment and the agency may ignore it.<\/p>\n

Comments due:\u00a0 August 21, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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