SpaceX Boca Chica Launch Site Scoping Period
FAA Announcement
The FAA is holding a public scoping period to assist the FAA in determining the scope of issues for analysis in the draft environmental assessment (EA). As a part of the public scoping period, the FAA requests public comments. More information about providing public comments can be found at the end of this email.
SpaceX Activities
SpaceX proposes to conduct Starship/Super Heavy launch operations from the Boca Chica Launch Site. SpaceX’s proposed launch operations include suborbital launches (flight tests) and orbital launches. The proposed action also includes pre-flight operations (tank tests, mission rehearsals, and static fire engine tests) and construction activities associated with launch activities, including: expanding the solar farm, adding infrastructure and facilities at the vertical launch area (VLA), a liquid natural gas pretreatment system, and a liquefier. At the VLA, SpaceX is proposing to construct a
(Rochester) Democrat & Chronicle
Cars pass by the Exit 3 overpass on Interstate 87 in the town of Colonie, just north of Albany, on Dec. 15. The site is supposed to have murals depicting Native American history but the state has not yet installed them.
(Provided photo â Democrat & Chronicle) COLONIE – On a chilly November day last year, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo climbed into Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 Packard and took it for a spin. Cuomo had the vintage car restored two years earlier so he could drive it to mark special occasions. And this, by the governor’s estimation, was a special occasion: The opening of Exit 3 on Interstate 87 near Albany, a project that suffered through decades of fits and starts before he took office.
TriMet seeks comment on unfunded SW MAX project December 18 2020
The regional transit agency is completing the environmental assessment even though Metro will not seek regional funding again until 2022, at the earliest.
TriMet is finalizing the federally-required environmental assessment of the proposed Southwest Corridor MAX line, even though Metro President Lynn Peterson has said regional funding for the project will not be sought until 2022, at the earliest.
TriMet had been planning a new light rail line between Portland and Bridgeport Village to be partly funded by Metro s $5.2 billion regional transportation funding measure on the November general election ballot. But voters in all three counties in Metro s jurisdiction defeated the measure, prompting the regional transit agency to stop working on the project.
As Companies Build Thousands of Cell Towers, Indigenous Nations are Faced with Difficult Choices
In Texas, a tiny staff of tribal officials field hundreds of requests each day to build 5G towers in areas of cultural and historic importance.
The construction of cell towers in Indigenous territories has long been an issue. Ish Ishwar
In Texas, a tiny staff of tribal officials field hundreds of requests each day to build 5G towers in areas of cultural and historic importance.
The construction of cell towers in Indigenous territories has long been an issue. Ish Ishwar
Pauly Denetclaw
Dec 21, 2020, 8:00 am CST
Every day, Bryant Celestine opens his email to find around 80 messages that require immediate responses. Most of those emails come from the Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS) that alerts the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas of a new proposal to build a 5G cell tower on ancestral territories. As the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) for the nation, Celest
Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem Places Chosen
RALEIGH, N.C. â The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is pleased to announce that five individual properties across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The following properties were reviewed by the North Carolina National Register Advisory Committee and were subsequently nominated by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer and forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register for consideration for listing in the National Register.
âThese historic places are part of North Carolinaâs rich and diverse story, and they need our protection,â said Secretary Susi H. Hamilton, N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. âThe National Register is a vital tool in the preservation of our stateâs historic resources, and North Carolina has long been a leader in the nationâs preservation movement.â