Three conservation groups and a homeowner’s association are challenging the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to issue an operating license for Spaceport Camden, the proposed commercial spaceport located a few miles from Cumberland Island National Seashore.
The 84-page complaint filed late last week in federal district court for the District of Columbia details the FAA’s alleged failures to protect safety and to make information public when it reviewed the application and granted the license in December. It also reveals that at least one FAA official believed Spaceport Camden is not commercially viable.
“The first issue is the FAA’s review and did they properly review this site as required under various laws,” said Brian Gist, senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, which is representing One Hundred Miles and The National Parks Conservation Association. “And the second thing is, should the site have been licensed at all? Our belief is that if the FAA properly applied its own regulations, they would not have issued this launch license.”
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