Give input on SpaceX proposal to launch 100 rockets annually
Members of the public are invited to give input on SpaceX’s proposal to use a second launch site to boost their number of rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base to 100 per year.
The Department of the Air Force is seeking input as it prepares an Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the potential environmental effects associated with changes to the Falcon Launch Program.
A virtual public scoping meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. Information on the EIS is at this link where a Zoom link will also be posted: https://www.vsfbfalconlauncheis.com
Public scoping comments may also be submitted:
- Via comment form on the project website at: www.VSFBFalconLaunchEIS.com
- Via email to: [email protected], with the subject line “Falcon EIS”
- Via U.S. mail to: Ms. Allison Turner, ManTech International Corporation, 420 Stevens Avenue, Suite 100, Solana Beach, CA 92075
More information is available here:
SB Independent: https://www.independent.com/2024/12/17/spacex-rocket-launches-to-be-subjected-to-public-review/
Noozhawk: https://www.noozhawk.com/vandenberg-sfb-launches-environmental-study-for-100-spacex-liftoffs-a-year/
SLO Tribune: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article297234079.html#storylink=cpy
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Other ideas: more parks, public art, safer streets, off-street bike paths, bike racks and lockers, artistic bike racks, decorative barriers, bike education and rides, Safe Routes to School, traffic calming measures, fruit trees in parks, shade trees in parking lots ... whatever you can think of to make our community more pleasant, more livable, more resilient.
Click this link for more information and to take the City's survey: Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department Leisure Needs Assessment
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