NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (PEA) FOR NASA'S SCIENTIFIC BALLOON PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- National Aeronautics And Space Administration has issued a notice called: National Environmental Policy Act; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for NASA's Scientific Balloon Program.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 13 by Nicola Fox, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Summary: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, NASA has prepared and issued a Draft Supplemental PEA that analyzes scientific balloon launch/flight operations originating from NASA's Balloon Program Office (BPO) facilities in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, Palestine, Texas, and the ...