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Delayed Georgia spaceport proposal sees new setback

Orbital's Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus Spacecraft lifts off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility on Sunday, July 13, 2014 while a herd of cattle graze in a pasture nearby in Atlantic, Va. The rocket will carry the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station in the company's second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. (AP Photo/Eastern Shore News, Jay Diem) NO SALES
Orbital's Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus Spacecraft lifts off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility on Sunday, July 13, 2014 while a herd of cattle graze in a pasture nearby in Atlantic, Va. The rocket will carry the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station in the company's second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. (AP Photo/Eastern Shore News, Jay Diem) NO SALES Orbital's Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus Spacecraft lifts off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility on Sunday, July 13, 2014 while a herd of cattle graze in a pasture nearby in Atlantic, Va. The rocket will carry the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station in the company's second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. (AP Photo/Eastern Shore News, Jay Diem) NO SALES

By Associated Press 1 min read

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.