[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1216.302]



[Page 156-157]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1216_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart 1216.3_Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental 

                            Policy Act (NEPA)

 

Sec. 1216.302  Definition of key terms.



    The definitions contained within part 1508, Terminology and Index, 

CEQ Regulations, 43 FR 55978, apply to subpart 1216.3. Additional 

definitions, necessary for the purpose of this subpart, are as follows:

    (a) Budget line items. The individual items in the annual NASA 

authorization legislation which are used here to classify the range of 

NASA actions. The four main budget line items are:

    (1) Research and Development (R&D). Those activities directed 

towards attaining the objectives of a specific mission, project, or 

program. All NASA's aeronautics and space program elements are 

categorized within the R&D program categories. R&D funds are expended 

chiefly for contracted research and development and for research grants. 

Some R&D funds are also expended in support of in-house research (e.g., 

equipment purchases and other research support, but not civil service 

salaries).

    (2) Research and Program Management (R&PM). Those activities 

directed towards the general support of the NASA institution charged 

with the conduct of the aeronautics and space program. R&PM funds are 

expended for the NASA civil service work force (both for performing in-

house R&D and for planning, managing, and supporting contractor and 

grantee R&D), and for other general supporting functions.

    (3) Construction of Facilities (C of F). Those activities directed 

towards construction of new facilities; repair, rehabilitation, and 

modification of existing facilities; acquisition of related facility 

equipment; design of facilities projects; and advance planning related 

to future facilities needs.

    (4) Space Flight, Control and Data Communications (SFCDC). Has 

similar scope to R&D but covers activities which are primarily of a 

production and operational nature related to space flight. The content 

includes the national fleet of Space Shuttle orbiters, including main 

engines, launch site and mission operations, initial spares, production 

tooling and supporting activities, launch operations and tracking and 

data acquisition.

    (b) Construction of facilities project. The consolidation of 

applicable specific individual types of facility work, including related 

collateral equipment, which is required to fully reflect all of the 

needs, generally relating to one facility, which have been or may be 

generated by the same set of events or circumstances which are required 

to be accomplished at one time in order to provide for the planned 

initial operational use of the facility or a discrete portion thereof. 

Facility projects are subject to the NASA decision processes of Sec. 

1216.304.

    (c) Environmental analysis. The analysis of the environmental 

effects of proposed actions, including alternative proposals. The 

analyses are carried out from the very earliest of planning studies for 

the action in question, and are the materials from which the more formal 

environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, and public 

record of decisions are made.

    (d) Institutional action. An action to establish, change, or 

terminate an aspect of the NASA institution, defined as the total NASA 

resource (plant, employees, skills).

    (e) R&D project. A discrete research and development activity, with 

a scheduled beginning and ending, which normally involves one of the 

following primary purposes:



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    (1) The design, development, and demonstration of major advanced 

technology hardware items;

    (2) The design, construction, and operation of a new launch vehicle 

(and associated ground support) during its research and development 

phase; and

    (3) The construction and operation of one or more aeronautics or 

space vehicles (and necessary ground support) in order to accomplish a 

scientific or technical objective. R&D projects are each subelements in 

the NASA R&D budget line item. R&D projects are subject to the decision 

processes of Sec. 1216.304.

    (f) SFCDC project. R&D type projects authorized under the SFCDC 

budget line item.



[44 FR 44485, July 30, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 9761, Mar. 25, 1988]