[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR417.129]

[Page 566]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
     CHAPTER III--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION 
              ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 417_LAUNCH SAFETY--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_Launch Safety Responsibilities
 
Sec. 417.129  Safety at end of launch.

    A launch operator must ensure for any proposed launch that for all 
launch vehicle stages or components that reach Earth orbit--
    (a) There is no unplanned physical contact between the vehicle or 
any of its components and the payload after payload separation;
    (b) Debris generation does not result from the conversion of energy 
sources into energy that fragments the vehicle or its components. Energy 
sources include chemical, pressure, and kinetic energy; and
    (c) Stored energy is removed by depleting residual fuel and leaving 
all fuel line valves open, venting any pressurized system, leaving all 
batteries in a permanent discharge state, and removing any remaining 
source of stored energy.