WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) - A decision that could have determined whether a southeast Georgia site meets environmental requirements to launch rockets was put on hold at the request of county officials.
The Federal Aviation Administration delayed an environmental impact statement for the proposed spaceport in Camden County. It was originally scheduled for release Monday but the county decided to amend its license application, causing an indefinite hold as the new application materials are reviewed, FAA environmental specialist Stacey Zee told news outlets.
The environmental assessment is more than a year overdue from its original FAA deadline, The Brunswick News reported.
Camden County has spent more than $7 million over the past 4 years to establish the spaceport at an old abandoned industrial site near the Georgia coast.
County officials have called the plan an innovative economic development, news outlets reported. But some community members and activists have criticized it, calling the plan financially risky and potentially dangerous for residents who live underneath the proposed rocket trajectories.
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