[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: 14CFR417.403]

[Page 585]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
     CHAPTER III--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION 
              ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 417_LAUNCH SAFETY--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart E_Ground Safety
 
Sec. 417.403  General.

    (a) Public safety. A launch operator must ensure that each hazard 
control is in place to protect the public from each potential hazard 
associated with launch processing and post-launch operations.
    (b) Ground safety analysis. A launch operator must perform and 
document a ground safety analysis that satisfies Sec. 417.405 and 
appendix J of this part.
    (c) Local agreements. A launch operator must coordinate and perform 
launch processing and post-launch operations that satisfy local 
agreements to ensure the responsibilities and requirements in this part 
and Sec. 420.57 of this chapter are met. A launch operator, when using 
a launch site of a licensed launch site operator, must coordinate the 
launch operator's operations with the launch site operator and with any 
agreements that the launch site operator has with local authorities that 
form a basis for the launch site operator's license.
    (d) Launch operator's exclusive use of a launch site. For a launch 
conducted from a launch site exclusive to its own use, a launch operator 
must satisfy the requirements of this subpart and of part 420 of this 
chapter, including subpart D of part 420.