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[Federal Register: March 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 62)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16763]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr31mr08-10]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 15

[ET Docket No. 03-201; FCC 07-56]

Equipment Approval of Modular Transmitters

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the information collection requirements contained in the ``Unlicensed
Devices and Equipment Approval,'' Report and Order. These new rules
required modification of the Form 731 Application for Equipment
Authorization, and contained information collection requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 that were not effective
until after approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: The effective date for the rule contained in Sec.  15.212
published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2007 at 72 FR 28889 is
April 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Brooks, Office of Engineering
and Technology, (202) 418-2454, e-mail: eapninquiry@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. In a Report and Order, released on April 23, 2007, FCC 07-56,
published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2007, 72 FR 28889, the
Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules that required
modification of the Form 731 Application for Equipment Authorization,
and contained information collection requirements subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 that were not effective until after
approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 10,
2008, OMB approved the new modified information collection requirements
contained in 47 CFR 15.212. This information collection is assigned OMB
Control Number 3060-0057.
    2. The Report and Order amended parts 2 and 15 of the Commission's
rules for unlicensed devices and equipment approval of both existing
modular transmitter devices and emerging partitioned (or ``split'')
modular transmitter devices. In addition to obtaining approval from OMB
as noted, these new rules required software development to modify the
Form 731 Application for Equipment Authorization. Software development
to implement the new requirements has been completed, and the revised
electronic Form 731 approved by OMB can be accessed on the effective
date of implementation at https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/index.cfm
(applications filed directly with the FCC) or at https://
fjallfoss.fcc.gov/tcb/index.html (applications filed by a
Telecommunications Certification Body acting on behalf of the FCC). The
public may continue to access the FCC database of authorized equipment
via the Internet using options presented in the Reports section at
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/index.cfm. Users experiencing
problems in accessing the database via the Internet may contact OET at
eashelp@fcc.gov
    3. This publication satisfies the statement that the Commission
would publish a document announcing the effective date of the rule
changes requiring OMB approval.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-6556 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]

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