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Regulation 164

SCHEDULE 8Information and instructions which must be included in a spaceport manual

1.  The name and status of the accountable manager for the spaceport.

2.  The names and status of other senior operating staff at the spaceport and instructions as to the order and circumstances in which they may be required to act.

3.  Details of the safety management system.

4.  Procedures for promulgating information concerning the spaceport’s state.

5.  Procedures for control of access, vehicles and work in relation to the operational areas.

6.  Procedures for the removal of disabled carrier aircraft, launch vehicles or payloads.

7.  Process to ensure the emergency response plan is tested, reviewed and revised and the procedures for complying with regulation 165.

8.  Process to ensure that the part of the site plan required under regulation 36(4)(d), which identifies the location of any areas at the spaceport designated as hazardous material storage facilities under regulation 158(1), is maintained and complied with.

9.  Procedures to ensure that an appropriate safety clear zone, where required, is in place and is monitored.

10.  Procedures for using a designated static engine test area.

11.  Process and procedures to ensure the safe integration of licensed activities with—

(a)spaceflight activities undertaken at the spaceport, and

(b)aerodrome and aviation activities undertaken at the aerodrome with which the spaceport is co-located, if applicable.

12.  In the case of a spaceport which has any hazardous material storage facility, procedures for complying with regulation 158.

13.  Procedures for complying with fit for purpose requirements in regulation 160 for hazardous material.

14.  Operational procedures for the routine and special inspection of the spaceport operational areas.

15.  Process for using, maintaining, testing, repairing and servicing of any safety equipment.

16.  If spaceflight activities are permitted during periods of low visibility, procedures for the protection of the runways, if applicable, during such periods.

17.  Details of, or reference to, the bird control management plan, if any, related to spaceflight activities.

18.  The scale of rescue, first aid and fire service facilities, the spaceport emergency procedures and procedures to be adopted in the event of temporary depletion of the rescue and fire service facilities.

19.  Procedures for complying with the space site security programme required under regulation 170.