As I said in another comment if it were otherwise everyone would ignore all the other laws to get a launch permit. If you read esghound's Twitter/threads he ar

As I said in another comment if it were otherwise everyone would ignore all the other laws to get a launch permit. If you read esghound's Twitter/threads he argues that the violations are so serious/done-in-bad-faith/contrary-to-submitted-paperwork that they would require a significant redo of the environmental impact permitting. In particular the FAA initially ruled that there was a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and they did not require a (time-consuming) environmental impact statement (EIS). Esghound argues that they will legally need to complete an EIS which will take months. I wouldn't necessarily bet on that given how powerful Musk is. https://x.com/ESGhound/status/1833544766019276923 https://x.com/ESGhound/status/1833544766019276923