---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 405.5"
title: "14"
number: "405.5"
heading: "Emergency orders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/405.5"
---

# §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.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[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]

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 43810, 53 FR 11014, Apr. 4, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[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]