[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 62 (Tuesday, March 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17879-17880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06593]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0057; FRS 16595]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collections. Comments are
requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA
that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 1,
2020. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0057
Title: Application for Equipment Authorization, FCC Form 731
Form Number: FCC 731
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 11,305 respondents; 24,873
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8.11 hours (rounded).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the
47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 201,603 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $50,155,140.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. The personally identifiable
information (PII) in this information collection is covered by a
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Equipment Authorizations Records and
Files Information System. It is posted at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information#pia.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Minimal exemption from the
Freedom
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of Information Act (FOIA) under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and FCC rules under
47 CFR 0.457(d) is granted for trade secrets which may be submitted as
attachments to the application FCC Form 731. No other assurances of
confidentiality are provided to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this revised information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60-
day comment period to obtain the three-year clearance. The Commission
is reporting program changes, increases to this information collection.
As the Commission notes above, the total number of respondents,
total number of responses annually, the total annual hourly burden, and
the total annual costs have been updated because of the continuing
growth in applications for Certification, streamlining of the
application information and combining of different information
collection requests. With operations in the new frequencies formed
under Section 15.258 the burden hours for the applicants have increased
from 201,450 hours to 201,603. However, the additional Applications
that will be filed per the frequencies will become the total burden
hours for applicants to $50,155,140 from $50,110,000.
On March 15, 2019, the Commission adopted a First Report and Order,
in ET Docket No. 18-2; FCC 19-19, which involves updates to 47 CFR part
15,--``Radio Frequency Devices,'' to provide permit certain operations
above 95 GHz.\1\ Among other things, the Spectrum Horizons Order made
specific frequencies above 95 GHz available for the operation of
radiofrequency devices without a license. Such devices are subject to
the certification process of the Commission's equipment authorization
program. Accordingly, 47 CFR was amended to include a new Section
15.258 as follows:
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\1\Spectrum Horizons, First Report and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 1605(2)
(2019) (Spectrum Horizons Order).
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Sec. 15.258 Operation in the bands 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-
190 GHz and 244-246 GHz.
(a) Operation on board an aircraft or a satellite is prohibited.
(b) Emission levels within the 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190
GHz and 244-246 GHz bands shall not exceed the following equivalent
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) limits as measured during the
transmit interval:
(1) The average power of any emission shall not exceed 40 dBm and
the peak power of any emission shall not exceed 43 dBm; or
(2) For fixed point-to-point transmitters located outdoors, the
average power of any emission shall not exceed 82 dBm and shall be
reduced by 2 dB for every dB that the antenna gain is less than 51 dBi.
The peak power of any emission shall not exceed 85 dBm and shall be
reduced by 2 dB for every dB that the antenna gain is less than 51 dBi.
The provisions in this paragraph for reducing transmit power based on
antenna gain shall not require that the power levels be reduced below
the limits specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
(3) The peak power shall be measured with a detection bandwidth
that encompasses the entire occupied bandwidth within the intended band
of operation, e.g., 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190 GHz or 244-246
GHz. The average emission levels shall be measured over the actual time
period during which transmission occurs.
(4) Transmitters with an emission bandwidth of less than 100 MHz
must limit their peak radiated power to the product of the maximum
permissible radiated power (in milliwatts) times their emission
bandwidth divided by 100 MHz. For the purposes of this paragraph,
emission bandwidth is defined as the instantaneous frequency range
occupied by a steady state radiated signal with modulation, outside
which the radiated power spectral density never exceeds 6 dB below the
maximum radiated power spectral density in the band, as measured with a
100 kHz resolution bandwidth spectrum analyzer. The center frequency
must be stationary during the measurement interval, even if not
stationary during normal operation (e.g., for frequency hopping
devices).
(c) Limits on spurious emissions:
(1) The power density of any emissions outside the band of
operation, e.g., 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190 GHz or 244-246
GHz, shall consist solely of spurious emissions.
(2) Radiated emissions below 40 GHz shall not exceed the general
limits in Sec. 15.209.
(3) Between 40 GHz and the highest frequency specified in Sec.
15.33, the level of these emissions shall not exceed 90 pW/cm\2\ at a
distance of 3 meters.
(4) The levels of the spurious emissions shall not exceed the level
of the fundamental emission.
(d) Frequency stability. Fundamental emissions must be contained
within the frequency bands specified in this section during all
conditions of operation. Equipment is presumed to operate over the
temperature range -20 to + 50 degrees Celsius with an input voltage
variation of 85% to 115% of rated input voltage, unless justification
is presented to demonstrate otherwise.
(e) Regardless of the power density levels permitted under this
section, devices operating under the provisions of this section are
subject to the radiofrequency radiation exposure requirements specified
in Sec. Sec. 1.1307(b), 2.1091 and 2.1093 of this chapter, as
appropriate. Applications for equipment authorization of devices
operating under this section must contain a statement confirming
compliance with these requirements for both fundamental emissions and
unwanted emissions. Technical information showing the basis for this
statement must be submitted to the Commission upon request.
(f) Any transmitter that has received the necessary FCC equipment
authorization under the rules of this chapter may be mounted in a group
installation for simultaneous operation with one or more other
transmitter(s) that have received the necessary FCC equipment
authorization, without any additional equipment authorization. However,
no transmitter operating under the provisions of this section may be
equipped with external phase-locking inputs that permit beam-forming
arrays to be realized.
(g) Measurement procedures that have been found to be acceptable to
the Commission in accordance with Sec. 2.947 of this chapter may be
used to demonstrate compliance.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-06593 Filed 3-30-20; 8:45 am]
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