[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: 14CFR431.75]

[Page 858]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
     CHAPTER III--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION 
              ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 431_LAUNCH AND REENTRY OF A REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (RLV)--Table of 
 
 Subpart E_Post-Licensing Requirements_Reusable Launch Vehicle Mission 
                      License Terms and Conditions
 
Sec. 431.75  Agreements.

    (a) Launch and reentry site use agreements. Before conducting a 
licensed RLV mission using property and services of a Federal launch 
range or licensed launch or reentry site operator, a licensee or 
applicant shall enter into an agreement with the Federal launch range 
and/or licensed site operator that provides for access to and use of 
property and services required to support a licensed RLV mission or 
reentry and for public safety related operations and support. The 
agreement shall be in effect before any licensed RLV mission or reentry. 
A licensee shall comply with any requirements of the agreement that may 
affect public health and safety and the safety of property during the 
conduct of its licensed activity.
    (b) Agreements for notices to mariners and airmen. Unless otherwise 
addressed in agreements between a licensed launch site operator and the 
U.S. Coast Guard and the FAA, respectively, a licensee authorized to 
conduct an RLV mission using a launch site or reentry site other than a 
Federal launch range shall complete the following:
    (1) An agreement between the licensee and the local U.S. Coast Guard 
district to establish procedures for the issuance of a Notice to 
Mariners prior to a launch or reentry and other measures as the Coast 
Guard deems necessary to protect public health and safety; and
    (2) An agreement between the licensee and the FAA regional office 
having jurisdiction over the airspace through which a launch and reentry 
will take place, to establish procedures for the issuance of a Notice to 
Airmen prior to the conduct of a licensed launch or reentry and for 
closing of air routes during the respective launch and reentry windows 
and other measures deemed necessary by the FAA regional office in order 
to protect public health and safety.