"As the Federal Aviation Administration contemplates easing requirements for private space companies, reports swirl that SpaceX is eyeing a new site along the state’s coast."
"Louisiana is striving to become the next hub for the growing commercial space industry. The Trump administration could sweeten the pot by removing environmental reviews.
Louisiana’s Legislature this year enacted a suite of incentives for private space companies to build new rocket launch and test sites. Now, as local officials and residents alike speculate about a space company acquiring land in marshy, hurricane-vulnerable Vermilion Parish, a Federal Aviation Administration proposal would ease constraints on any projects by significantly streamlining the permitting process.
The federal agency last week proposed waiving requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and portions of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act for commercial space licenses and rocket launches and reentries. The proposal would make it easier for private space companies to get approval to launch rockets by avoiding “unnecessary” regulations, the FAA said."
