14 CFR § 405.5 - Emergency orders.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s405.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 405.5 - Emergency orders."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "405.5"
section_name: "Emergency orders."
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURE"
part_number: "405"
part_name: "COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "51 U.S.C. 50901-50923."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 43810, 53 FR 11014, Apr. 4, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "405"
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# 405.5 Emergency orders.
The Associate Administrator may immediately terminate, prohibit, or suspend a licensed or permitted launch, reentry, or operation of a launch or reentry site if the Associate Administrator determines that—
(a) The licensed or permitted launch, reentry, or operation of a launch or reentry site is detrimental to public health and safety, the safety of property, or any national security or foreign policy interest of the United States; and
(b) The detriment cannot be eliminated effectively through the exercise of other authority of the Office.
[53 FR 11014, Apr. 4, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 405-1, 65 FR 56657, Sept. 19, 2000; Amdt. 405-3, 72 FR 17017, Apr. 6, 2007]