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(A) If, at any time after disposal of the delisted waste, Saturn possesses or is otherwise made
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must report the data, in writing, to the Regional Administrator within ten (10) days of first possessing or being made aware of that data.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 97
[WT Docket No. 05–235; FCC 05–143]
Amateur Service Rules
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document proposes to
amend the amateur radio service rules
to eliminate the requirement that
individuals pass a telegraphy
examination in order to qualify for any
amateur radio operator license.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
October 31, 2005 and reply comments
are due November 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by WT Docket No. 05–235;
FCC 05–143, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Federal Communications
Commission’s Web site: https://
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www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• People with Disabilities: Contact
the FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format
documents, sign language interpreters,
CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov
or phone (202) 418–0530 or TTY: (202)
418–0432.
For detailed instructions for
submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process,
see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William T. Cross,
William.Cross@fcc.gov, Public Safety
and Critical Infrastructure Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
(202) 418–0680, TTY (202) 418–7233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Federal
Communications Commission’s Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking and Order
(NPRM), WT Docket No. 05–235, FCC
05–143, adopted July 15, 2005, and
released July 19, 2005. The full text of
this document is available for
inspection and copying during normal
business hours in the FCC Reference
Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–
A257, Washington, DC 20554. The
complete text may be purchased from
the Commission’s duplicating
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contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc.,
Portals II, 445 12th Street, Suite CY–
B402, Washington, DC 20554.
Alternative formats are available for
people with disabilities (Braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format), by
sending an e-mail to FCC504@fcc.gov or
calling the Consumer and Government
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530
(voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY).
1. The Commission initiated this
proceeding to amend the part 97
Amateur Radio Service rules in
response to eighteen petitions for
rulemaking. The petitioners request that
we amend the Commission’s amateur
radio service rules to implement revised
international Radio Regulations that
were adopted at the 2003 World
Radiocommunication Conference
(WRC–03). The Commission found that
some of the petitions have presented
sufficient evidence to warrant proposing
rule changes, and in the interest of
administrative efficiency, it
consolidated these proposals in this
NPRM. Specifically, the Commission
proposed to amend its amateur service
rules to eliminate the requirement that
individuals pass a telegraphy
examination in order to qualify for any
amateur radio operator license.
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I. Procedural Matters
A. Ex Parte Rules—Permit-but-Disclose
Proceeding
2. This is a permit-but-disclose notice
and comment rulemaking proceeding.
Ex parte presentations are permitted,
except during the Sunshine Agenda
period, provided they are disclosed as
provided in the Commission’s rules.
B. Comment Dates
3. Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of
the Commission’s rules, interested
parties may file comments on or before
October 31, 2005, and reply comments
are due November 14, 2005.
4. Commenters may file comments
electronically using the Commission’s
Electronic Comment Filing System
(ECFS), the Federal Government’s
eRulemaking Portal, or by filing paper
copies. Commenters filing through the
ECFS can be sent as an electronic file
via the Internet to https://www.fcc.gov/efile/ecfs.html. If multiple docket or
rulemaking numbers appear in the
caption of this proceeding, filers must
transmit one electronic copy for each
docket or rulemaking number
referenced in the caption. In completing
the transmittal screen, commenters
should include their full name, U.S.
Postal Service mailing address, and the
applicable docket or rulemaking
number. Commenters may also submit
an electronic comment by Internet email. To get filing instructions for e-mail
comments, commenters should send an
e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should
include the following words in the body
of the message, ‘‘get form.’’ Commenters
will receive a sample form and
directions in reply. Commenters filing
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
https://www.regulations.gov, should
follow the instructions provided on the
Web site for submitting comments.
5. Commenters who chose to file
paper comments must file an original
and four copies of each comment. If
more than one docket or rulemaking
number appears in the caption of this
proceeding, filers must submit two
additional copies for each additional
docket or rulemaking number. All
filings must be sent to the Commission’s
Secretary, Office of the Secretary,
Federal Communications Commission,
445 12th Street, SW., Room TW–A325,
Washington, DC 20554.
6. Commenters may send filings by
hand or messenger delivery, by
commercial overnight courier, or by
first-class or overnight U.S. Postal
Service mail. The Commission’s
contractor will receive hand-delivered
or messenger-delivered paper filings for
the Commission’s Secretary at 236
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Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110,
Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours
at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Commenters must bind all hand
deliveries together with rubber bands or
fasteners and must dispose of any
envelopes before entering the building.
This facility is the only location where
the Commission’s Secretary will accept
hand-delivered or messenger-delivered
paper filings. Commenters must send
commercial overnight mail (other than
U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and
Priority Mail) to 9300 East Hampton
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
Commenters should address U.S. Postal
Service first-class mail, Express Mail,
and Priority Mail to 445 12th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20554.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
7. This document does not contain
proposed information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. In addition, therefore, it does not
contain any proposed information
collection burden ‘‘for small business
concerns with fewer than 25
employees,’’ pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4).
II. Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis
8. The Regulatory Flexibility Act
requires an initial regulatory flexibility
analysis to be prepared for notice and
comment rulemaking proceedings,
unless the agency certifies that ‘‘the rule
will not, if promulgated, have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.’’
The RFA generally defines the term
‘‘small entity’’ as having the same
meaning as the terms ‘‘small business,’’
‘‘small organization,’’ and ‘‘small
governmental jurisdiction.’’ In addition,
the term ‘‘small business’’ has the same
meaning as the term ‘‘small business
concern’’ under the Small Business Act.
A ‘‘small business concern’’ is one
which: (1) Is independently owned and
operated; (2) is not dominant in its field
of operation; and (3) satisfies any
additional criteria established by the
Small Business Administration (SBA).
9. In this NPRM, we propose to amend
the amateur service rules that presently
require a person to demonstrate his or
her ability to send and receive correctly
a Morse code telegraphy message in
order to qualify for certain amateur
service operator licenses. Because
‘‘small entities,’’ as defined in the RFA,
are not persons eligible for licensing in
the amateur service, this proposed rule
does not apply to ‘‘small entities.’’
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Rather, it applies exclusively to
individuals who are taking an
examination for an amateur radio
operator license. Such amendment
would be in the public interest because
we believe that the present requirement
is unnecessary and that eliminating the
requirement would make the amateur
service more attractive to individuals
with a non-pecuniary interest in radio.
10. In addition, the rules proposed in
this NPRM potentially could affect
publishers of amateur radio examination
study material. Based on past inquiries
and advertisements in communicationrelated magazines from these
publishers, we estimate that there are
between five and ten such publishers.
The proposed rule changes, if adopted,
would apply to individuals rather than
publishers and would not result in a
mandatory change in products offered
by publishers of examination study
material. (Because use of Morse code for
amateur service communications would
still be permitted even if the testing
requirement is eliminated, a market
would still exist for Morse code training
material.) Therefore, we certify that the
proposals in this NPRM, if adopted, will
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small
entities. The Commission will send a
copy of the NPRM, including a copy of
this Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Certification, to the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the SBA. This initial
certification will also be published in
the Federal Register.
III. Ordering Clauses
11. The Commission’s Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference
Information Center, shall send a copy of
this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and
Order, including the Initial Regulatory
Flexibility Certification, to the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 97
Communications equipment, Radio.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
Proposed Rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR
part 97 as follows:
PART 97—AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE
1. The authority citation for part 97
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as
amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303. Interpret or
apply 48 Stat. 1064–1068, 1081–1105, as
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amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–155, 301–609,
unless otherwise noted.
2. Section 97.501 is amended by
revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to read
as follows:
§ 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur
operator license.
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(a) Amateur Extra Class operator:
Elements 2, 3, and 4;
(b) General Class operator: Elements 2
and 3;
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§ 97.503
[Amended]
3. Section 97.503 is amended by
removing paragraph (a), redesignating
paragraph (b) as an undesignated
introductory paragraph, and
redesignating paragraphs (b)(1) through
(3) as paragraphs (a) through (c),
respectively.
4. Section 97.505 is amended by
removing paragraphs (a)(5) and (a)(7)
through (9), redesignating paragraph
(a)(6) as (a)(5), and revising paragraphs
(a)(1) through (4) to read as follows:
§ 97.505
Element credit.
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(1) An unexpired (or expired but
within the grace period for renewal)
FCC-granted Advanced Class operator
license grant: Elements 2 and 3.
(2) An unexpired (or expired but
within the grace period for renewal)
FCC-granted General Class operator
license grant: Elements 2 and 3.
(3) An unexpired (or expired but
within the grace period for renewal)
FCC-granted Technician or Technician
Plus Class operator (including a
Technician Class operator license
granted before February 14, 1991)
license grant: Element 2.
(4) An expired FCC-issued Technician
Class operator license document granted
before March 21, 1987: Element 3.
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5. Section 97.507 is amended by
removing paragraph (d) and revising
paragraphs (a) introductory text, (a)(2)
and (c) to read as follows:
§ 97.507
Preparing an examination.
(a) Each written question set
administered to an examinee must be
prepared by a VE holding an Amateur
Extra Class operator license. A written
question set may also be prepared for
the following elements by a VE holding
an operator license of the class
indicated:
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(2) Element 2: Advanced, General, or
Technician Plus Class operators.
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(c) Each written question set
administered to an examinee for an
amateur operator license must be
prepared, or obtained from a supplier,
by the administering VEs according to
instructions from the coordinating VEC.
6. Section 97.509 is amended by
revising paragraph (f), removing
paragraph (g), redesignating paragraphs
(h) through (m) as paragraphs (g)
through (l) respectively, to read as
follows:
§ 97.509
Administering VE requirements.
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(f) No examination that has been
compromised shall be administered to
any examinee. The same question set
may not be re-administered to the same
examinee.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2005–22242]
RIN 2127–AJ57
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Cargo Carrying Capacity
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM), we (NHTSA) seek
to address the problem of motor home
and travel trailer overloading by
proposing to amend the Federal motor
vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) on tire
selection and rims for motor vehicles
other than passenger cars. We are also
proposing a related amendment to our
safety standard for tire selection and
rims for light vehicles.
We propose to require manufacturers
of motor homes and travel trailers over
4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) GVWR
to provide information to consumers in
a label that is intended to inform the
consumer about the vehicle’s cargo
carrying capacity (CCC). This
information would be helpful both at
the time the consumer is making a
purchase decision and also as the
consumer uses his or her vehicle. We
also propose to require that the size of
tires on the same motor homes and
travel trailers be the same as the size of
the tires listed on the tire information
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label required by the standard on tire
selection and rims for motor vehicles
other than passenger cars.
We are limiting our CCC label to
motor homes and travel trailers with a
GVWR greater than 4,536 kilograms
(10,000 pounds) as these are the
vehicles that have large open interior
areas that consumers fill with cargo.
Recreational vehicles (RV) with GVWRs
equal to or less than 4,536 kilograms
(10,000 pounds) will be required to have
less detailed CCC information as a result
of an amendment to the FMVSS on tire
selection and rims, which becomes
effective September 1, 2005. It should be
noted that on June 1, 2007, the FMVSS
on tire selection and rims for motor
vehicles other than passenger cars will
apply to vehicles with a GVWR greater
than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds)
and the FMVSS on tire selection and
rims will apply to vehicles with a
GVWR equal to or less than 4,536
kilograms (10,000 pounds).
It is our belief that this proposed rule
complements the efforts of the
recreational vehicle industry to provide
consumers with information in order to
help reduce overloading motor homes
and travel trailers. This rulemaking
responds to a petition from Ms. Justine
May.
In addition, this proposed rule would
provide regulatory relief for dealers
from a labeling requirement in the safety
standard on tire selection and rims for
light vehicles. The standard’s
requirement may currently require
dealers which add even small amounts
of weight to re-label the vehicles. Under
the proposed amendment, dealers that
add weight in excess of 0.5 percent of
the vehicles’ gross vehicle weight
ratings would be required to disclose
this extra weight on labels affixed to the
vehicles. Dealers could add lesser
amounts of weight without needing to
change or add labels.
You should submit your
comments early enough to ensure that
Docket Management receives them not
later than October 31, 2005.
DATES:
You may submit your
comments in writing to: Docket
Management, Room PL–401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC,
20590. Alternatively, you may submit
your comments electronically by logging
onto the Docket Management System
Web site at https://dms.dot.gov. Click on
‘‘Help & Information’’ or ‘‘Help/Info’’ to
view instructions for filing your
comments electronically. Regardless of
how you submit your comments, you
should mention the docket number of
this document.
ADDRESSES:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 97
[WT Docket No. 05-235; FCC 05-143]
Amateur Service Rules
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document proposes to amend the amateur radio service
rules to eliminate the requirement that individuals pass a telegraphy
examination in order to qualify for any amateur radio operator license.
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 31, 2005 and reply comments
are due November 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WT Docket No. 05-235;
FCC 05-143, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Federal Communications Commission's Web site: https://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language
interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone (202) 418-
0530 or TTY: (202) 418-0432.
For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William T. Cross,
William.Cross@fcc.gov, Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0680, TTY (202)
418-7233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Federal
Communications Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order
(NPRM), WT Docket No. 05-235, FCC 05-143, adopted July 15, 2005, and
released July 19, 2005. The full text of this document is available for
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC
Reference Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC
20554. The complete text may be purchased from the Commission's
duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445
12th Street, Suite CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. Alternative formats
are available for people with disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), by sending an e-mail to FCC504@fcc.gov
or calling the Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530
(voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
1. The Commission initiated this proceeding to amend the part 97
Amateur Radio Service rules in response to eighteen petitions for
rulemaking. The petitioners request that we amend the Commission's
amateur radio service rules to implement revised international Radio
Regulations that were adopted at the 2003 World Radiocommunication
Conference (WRC-03). The Commission found that some of the petitions
have presented sufficient evidence to warrant proposing rule changes,
and in the interest of administrative efficiency, it consolidated these
proposals in this NPRM. Specifically, the Commission proposed to amend
its amateur service rules to eliminate the requirement that individuals
pass a telegraphy examination in order to qualify for any amateur radio
operator license.
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I. Procedural Matters
A. Ex Parte Rules--Permit-but-Disclose Proceeding
2. This is a permit-but-disclose notice and comment rulemaking
proceeding. Ex parte presentations are permitted, except during the
Sunshine Agenda period, provided they are disclosed as provided in the
Commission's rules.
B. Comment Dates
3. Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's
rules, interested parties may file comments on or before October 31,
2005, and reply comments are due November 14, 2005.
4. Commenters may file comments electronically using the
Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), the Federal
Government's eRulemaking Portal, or by filing paper copies. Commenters
filing through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the
Internet to https://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html. If multiple docket or
rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, filers
must transmit one electronic copy for each docket or rulemaking number
referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen,
commenters should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing
address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Commenters may
also submit an electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing
instructions for e-mail comments, commenters should send an e-mail to
ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the following words in the body of the
message, ``get form.'' Commenters will receive a sample form and
directions in reply. Commenters filing through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal https://www.regulations.gov, should follow the instructions
provided on the Web site for submitting comments.
5. Commenters who chose to file paper comments must file an
original and four copies of each comment. If more than one docket or
rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers
must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number. All filings must be sent to the Commission's
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission,
445 12th Street, SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554.
6. Commenters may send filings by hand or messenger delivery, by
commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S.
Postal Service mail. The Commission's contractor will receive hand-
delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's
Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC
20002. The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Commenters must bind all hand deliveries together with rubber bands or
fasteners and must dispose of any envelopes before entering the
building. This facility is the only location where the Commission's
Secretary will accept hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper
filings. Commenters must send commercial overnight mail (other than
U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) to 9300 East
Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. Commenters should address
U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail
to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
7. This document does not contain proposed information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law
104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed
information collection burden ``for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief
Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
II. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
8. The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires an initial regulatory
flexibility analysis to be prepared for notice and comment rulemaking
proceedings, unless the agency certifies that ``the rule will not, if
promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number
of small entities.'' The RFA generally defines the term ``small
entity'' as having the same meaning as the terms ``small business,''
``small organization,'' and ``small governmental jurisdiction.'' In
addition, the term ``small business'' has the same meaning as the term
``small business concern'' under the Small Business Act. A ``small
business concern'' is one which: (1) Is independently owned and
operated; (2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and (3)
satisfies any additional criteria established by the Small Business
Administration (SBA).
9. In this NPRM, we propose to amend the amateur service rules that
presently require a person to demonstrate his or her ability to send
and receive correctly a Morse code telegraphy message in order to
qualify for certain amateur service operator licenses. Because ``small
entities,'' as defined in the RFA, are not persons eligible for
licensing in the amateur service, this proposed rule does not apply to
``small entities.'' Rather, it applies exclusively to individuals who
are taking an examination for an amateur radio operator license. Such
amendment would be in the public interest because we believe that the
present requirement is unnecessary and that eliminating the requirement
would make the amateur service more attractive to individuals with a
non-pecuniary interest in radio.
10. In addition, the rules proposed in this NPRM potentially could
affect publishers of amateur radio examination study material. Based on
past inquiries and advertisements in communication-related magazines
from these publishers, we estimate that there are between five and ten
such publishers. The proposed rule changes, if adopted, would apply to
individuals rather than publishers and would not result in a mandatory
change in products offered by publishers of examination study material.
(Because use of Morse code for amateur service communications would
still be permitted even if the testing requirement is eliminated, a
market would still exist for Morse code training material.) Therefore,
we certify that the proposals in this NPRM, if adopted, will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The Commission will send a copy of the NPRM, including a copy of this
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Certification, to the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the SBA. This initial certification will also be published
in the Federal Register.
III. Ordering Clauses
11. The Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau,
Reference Information Center, shall send a copy of this Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking and Order, including the Initial Regulatory
Flexibility Certification, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 97
Communications equipment, Radio.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
Proposed Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 97 as follows:
PART 97--AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE
1. The authority citation for part 97 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303.
Interpret or apply 48 Stat. 1064-1068, 1081-1105, as
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amended; 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609, unless otherwise noted.
2. Section 97.501 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to
read as follows:
Sec. 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur operator license.
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(a) Amateur Extra Class operator: Elements 2, 3, and 4;
(b) General Class operator: Elements 2 and 3;
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Sec. 97.503 [Amended]
3. Section 97.503 is amended by removing paragraph (a),
redesignating paragraph (b) as an undesignated introductory paragraph,
and redesignating paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) as paragraphs (a)
through (c), respectively.
4. Section 97.505 is amended by removing paragraphs (a)(5) and
(a)(7) through (9), redesignating paragraph (a)(6) as (a)(5), and
revising paragraphs (a)(1) through (4) to read as follows:
Sec. 97.505 Element credit.
(a) * * *
(1) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for
renewal) FCC-granted Advanced Class operator license grant: Elements 2
and 3.
(2) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for
renewal) FCC-granted General Class operator license grant: Elements 2
and 3.
(3) An unexpired (or expired but within the grace period for
renewal) FCC-granted Technician or Technician Plus Class operator
(including a Technician Class operator license granted before February
14, 1991) license grant: Element 2.
(4) An expired FCC-issued Technician Class operator license
document granted before March 21, 1987: Element 3.
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5. Section 97.507 is amended by removing paragraph (d) and revising
paragraphs (a) introductory text, (a)(2) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 97.507 Preparing an examination.
(a) Each written question set administered to an examinee must be
prepared by a VE holding an Amateur Extra Class operator license. A
written question set may also be prepared for the following elements by
a VE holding an operator license of the class indicated:
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(2) Element 2: Advanced, General, or Technician Plus Class
operators.
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(c) Each written question set administered to an examinee for an
amateur operator license must be prepared, or obtained from a supplier,
by the administering VEs according to instructions from the
coordinating VEC.
6. Section 97.509 is amended by revising paragraph (f), removing
paragraph (g), redesignating paragraphs (h) through (m) as paragraphs
(g) through (l) respectively, to read as follows:
Sec. 97.509 Administering VE requirements.
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(f) No examination that has been compromised shall be administered
to any examinee. The same question set may not be re-administered to
the same examinee.
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[FR Doc. 05-17226 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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