2120-AL17 201710 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2120 Federal Aviation Administration FAA 2100 Department of Transportation DOT Updates to Clarify and Streamline Commercial Space Transportation Regulations

This action would encompass miscellaneous changes to 14 CFR Chapter III that would streamline and clarify existing requirements, enable flexible time frames and remove obsolete requirements. This action would revise part 413 to allow specified pre-flight operations prior to license approval, remove obsolete, non-functional, and in some cases duplicative, part 417 ground safety regulations, expand the term of a reusable launch vehicle (RLV) license (part 431) and reentry operator license (part 435) from two years to five years, and clarify the differences in the meaning of the term safety approval as referenced in parts 415 and 431.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 14 CFR 413 14 CFR 417 14 CFR 431 14 CFR 435 51 U.S.C. 50901 to 50923 No NPRM 09/00/2018 This action is deregulatory. No No None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No Randy Repcheck 2120 Federal Aviation Administration FAA 202 267-8760 randy.repcheck@faa.gov 800 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC 20591