9.3 Surveillance and Publication of Hazard Areas.
Section 450.161 requires that an operator must publicize, survey, control or evacuate each flight hazard area identified in accordance with § 450.133 prior to initiating flight of a launch vehicle or the reentry of a reentry vehicle to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with § 450.101. In accordance with § 450.161(c), an operator must publicize warnings for each flight hazard area, except for regions of land, sea, or air under the control of the vehicle operator, site operator, or other controlling authority with which the operator has an agreement. The operator should develop Notices to Mariners (NOTMARs), Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs), and ground hazard areas.
These areas should be defined by the flight hazard area needed to accomplish physical containment. The hazard areas should be controlled and surveilled for any population;
only total evacuation is appropriate for physical containment as a hazard control strategy in accordance with § 450.110(b)(3). In the case of a ground area, this may include fencing, road closures, and observation flights. AC 450.161-1, Surveillance and Publication of Hazard Areas provides additional guidance to meet this requirement.
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