{"abstract":"The FAA prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating Kistler Aerospace Corporation's proposal to construct and operate commercial launch and reentry/recovery facilities at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) on land withdrawn from the public domain for use by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). After reviewing and analyzing currently available data and information on existing conditions, project impacts, and measures to mitigate those impacts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST) proposes to determine that licensing of the proposed launch and reentry activities are not a major Federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment within the meaning of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. Therefore, the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) would not be required and AST is proposing to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). For a copy of the Environmental Assessment or to provide comments regarding Kistler Aerospace Corporation launch/reentry operations contact: Mr. Nikos Himaras, Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Space Systems Development Division, Suite 331/AST-100, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20591; phone (202) 267-7926; or refer to the following Internet address: http://ast.faa.gov.","action":"Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/04/21/00-9830.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"65 FR 21495","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2000-05-22","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"There will be a thirty (30) day comment period before the FAA makes its final determination on the proposed FONSI. Interested individuals, Government agencies, and private organizations are invited to send comments on the proposed FONSI and/or the Environmental Assessment to the address set forth above by May 22, 2000 by mail.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-9830","effective_on":null,"end_page":21498,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/04/21/00-9830.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/04/21/00-9830/proposed-finding-of-no-significant-impact","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-9830?publication_date=2000-04-21","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-04-21/00-9830/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":12,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 14:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-04-21/pdf/00-9830.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-04-21","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/04/21/00-9830.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":21495,"subtype":null,"title":"Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":65}