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pathogens in drinking water under the
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). MRAs
also support the development of healthbased ambient water quality criteria and
biosolids criteria under the Clean Water
Act (CWA). These criteria protect
against adverse human exposures to
infectious disease microorganisms in
recreational waters, shellfish growing
waters, and wastewater biosolids.
Because of the importance of MRAs,
OW developed a Microbial Risk
Assessment Framework and is
developing a draft Protocol for Microbial
Risk Assessment to Support Human
Health Protection for Water-Based
Media to provide Agency guidance for
performing microbial risk assessments.
Current Agency risk assessment
guidance is geared towards chemical
risk assessment. MRAs do not fit easily
within that framework because of
microbial and host factors that do not
affect chemical risk assessments. A
separate protocol is needed to help risk
assessors address these factors in a
consistent way.
The draft Protocol for Microbial Risk
Assessment to Support Human Health
Protection for Water-Based Media will
be used as guidance for preparing
qualitative or quantitative MRAs for
recreational water exposures, evaluation
of biosolids application to land, and
drinking water regulation development
applications. OW may also make the
Protocol available to States, nongovernmental organizations, and
international agencies to use in
conducting risk assessments related to
water media. In addition to supporting
new regulations under the SDWA and
supporting the development of criteria
under the CWA, the MRA Protocol may
also be used for a number of different
applications such as assessing the
potential human health risks associated
with a known pathogen, determining
critical control points for risk
mitigation/control measures, identifying
and prioritizing research and
development, assisting in
epidemiological investigations, and
determining consequences of
management options to reduce risk.
The Office of Water is requesting that
the SAB provide advice on the draft
Protocol for Microbial Risk Assessment
to Support Human Health Protection for
Water-Based Media and to provide
recommendations on: how to improve
the overall approach, the applicability
of the Protocol, the reasonableness of
the protocol, the clarity of the Protocol,
the completeness and robustness of the
protocol, and the ease of use of the
Protocol for conducting water-based
microbial risk assessments.
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The SAB DWC will also discuss its
draft advisory report on the Agency’s
supporting analysis for the proposed
revised Total Coliform Rule during this
meeting. The Committee met previously
on May 20, 2009 and on June 9–June 10,
2009 to deliberate on the Agency’s
charge questions regarding the
supporting analysis. A Federal Register
Notice dated May 1, 2009 (74 FR 20297–
20298) announced these meetings and
provided background information on
this advisory activity.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The
meeting agenda and other materials,
including a link to access the EPA
review document(s) related to the draft
Protocol for Microbial Risk Assessment
to Support Human Health Protection for
Water-Based Media and draft advisory
report on the Agency’s supporting
analysis for the proposed revised Total
Coliform Rule, will be posted on the
SAB Web site (https://www.epa.gov/sab)
in advance of the meeting. For questions
and information concerning the
Agency’s documents relating to the
Protocol, please contact Dr. Stephen
Schaub at (202) 566–1126 or
schaub.stephen@epa.gov. For questions
and information concerning the SAB’s
draft advisory report on EPA’s proposed
Total Coliform Rule revisions, please
contact Dr. Suhair Shallal at (202) 343–
9977 or shallal.suhair@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral
information for the SAB to consider on
the topics included in this advisory
activity and/or group conducting the
activity. Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public SAB face-to-face
meeting will be limited to five minutes,
with no more than a total of one hour
for all speakers. To be placed on the
public speaker list for the Microbial
Risk Assessment Protocol, interested
parties should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow,
DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail),
by September 14, 2009 at the contact
information noted above. To be placed
on the public speaker list for the draft
SAB advisory report on the Total
Coliform Rule revisions, interested
parties should contact Dr. Suhair
Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via
e-mail), by September 14, 2009 at the
contact information noted above.
Written Statements: Written
statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by September 14, 2009,
so that the information may be made
available to the SAB for their
consideration prior to the face-to-face
meeting. Written statements on the
Microbial Risk Assessment Protocol
should be supplied to the DFO via e-
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mail to yeow.aaron@epa.gov and written
statements on the draft SAB advisory
report on the Total Coliform Rule
Revisions should be supplied to the
DFO via e-mail to
shallal.suhair@epa.gov (acceptable file
format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint,
or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows
98/2000/XP format). Submitters are
requested to provide two versions of
each document submitted with and
without signatures, because the SAB
Staff Office does not publish documents
with signatures on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Mr. Aaron
Yeow at (202) 343–9878 or
yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA
as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: August 6, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications, Comments
Requested
AGENCY: Federal Communications
Commision
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520)
Public Law No. 104–13. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid control number. Subject
to the PRA, no person shall be subject
to any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information that does not
display a valid control number.
Comments are requested concerning (a)
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;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
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the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before October 19,
2009. 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
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), (202)
395–5887, or via fax at (202) 395–5167,
or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Cathy Williams, Federal
Communications Commission (FCC),
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20554 . To submit
your comments by e–mail send them to:
PRA@fcc.gov and/or
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s) contact Cathy
Williams on (202) 418–2918 or send an
e–mail to PRA@fcc.gov and/or
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060–1061.
Title: Part 25 of the Commission’s
Rules Governing the Blanket Licensing
of Earth Stations on Vessels Operating
with Geostationary Satellites in the
Fixed–Satellite Service in the C– and
Ku–Bands.
Form No.: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for–
profit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 15 respondents; 15
responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
Estimated time is different for each
response – the response with the
shortest duration takes an estimated 0.5
hours to complete and the response
with the longest duration takes an
estimated 24 hours to complete.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; On
occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The
Commission has statutory approval for
the information collection requirements
under Sections 4(i), 7(a), 303(c), 303(f),
303(g) and 303(r) of the
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Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 154(i),
157(a), 303(c), 303(f), 303(g) and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 252 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $145,500.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality
pertaining to the information collection
requirements in this collection.
Needs and Uses: On July 31, 2009, the
Federal Communications Commission
(’’Commission’’) released an Order on
Reconsideration titled, ‘‘In the Matter of
the Procedures to Govern the Use of
Satellite Earth Stations on Board Vessels
in the 5925–6425 MHz/ 3700–4200 MHz
Bands and 14.0–14.5 GHz/11.7–12.2
GHz Bands’’ (FCC 09–63), IB Docket No.
02–10 (‘‘ESV Reconsideration Order’’).
In the ESV Reconsideration Order, the
Commission resolved various concerns
raised regarding the operational
restrictions placed on ESVs that are
designed to protect the fixed–satellite
service (FSS), operating in the C–band
and Ku–band, and the terrestrially–
based fixed service (FS), operating in
the C–band, from harmful interference.
The Commission adopted rule changes
that should provide ESV operators with
greater operational flexibility while
continuing to ensure that the other
services in these bands are protected
from harmful interference.
The PRA information collection
requirements contained in the ESV
Reconsideration Order are as follows:
1. Any ESV applicant that uses
transmitters with off–axis EIRP densities
lower than or equal to the off–axis EIRP
limits must: (1) file three tables showing
the off–axis EIRP level of the proposed
earth station antenna in the direction of
the plane of the GSO; the co–polarized
EIRP in the elevation plane, that is, the
plane perpendicular to the plane of the
GSO; and cross polarized EIRP. In each
table, the EIRP level must be provided
at increments of 0.1° for angles between
0° and 10° off–axis, and at increments
of 5° for angles between 10° and 180°
off–axis or; (2) a certification, in
Schedule B, that the ESV antenna
conforms to the gain pattern criteria of
§ 25.209(a) and (b), that, combined with
the maximum input power density
calculated from the EIRP density less
the antenna gain, which is entered in
Schedule B, demonstrates that the off–
axis EIRP spectral density envelope will
be met under the assumption that the
antenna is pointed at the target satellite.
2. An ESV applicant proposing to
implement a transmitter that will
maintain a pointing error of less than or
equal to 0.2° must provide a
certification from the equipment
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manufacturer stating that the antenna
tracking system will maintain a pointing
error of less than or equal to 0.2°
between the orbital location of the target
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of
the ESV antenna and that the antenna
tracking system is capable of ceasing
emissions within 100 milliseconds if the
angle between the orbital location of the
target satellite and the axis of the main
lobe of the ESV antenna exceeds 0.5°.
3. An ESV applicant proposing to
implement a transmitter with an
antenna pointing error of greater than
0.2 degrees must: (A) declare, in its
application, a maximum antenna
pointing error and demonstrate that the
maximum antenna pointing error can be
achieved without exceeding the off–axis
EIRP spectral–density limits in
paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section; and
(B) demonstrate that the ESV transmitter
can detect if the transmitter exceeds the
declared maximum antenna pointing
error and can cease transmission within
100 milliseconds if the angle between
the orbital location of the target satellite
and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV
antenna exceeds the declared maximum
antenna pointing error, and will not
resume transmissions until the angle
between the orbital location of the target
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of
the ESV antenna is less than or equal to
the declared maximum antenna
pointing error.
4. An ESV applicant proposing to
implement a transmitter that exceeds
the off–axis EIRP spectral–density limits
shall provide the following
certifications and demonstration as
exhibits to its earth station application:
(i) a statement from the target satellite
operator certifying that the proposed
operation of the ESV has the potential
to create harmful interference to satellite
networks adjacent to the target
satellite(s) that may be unacceptable; (ii)
a statement from the target satellite
operator certifying that the power–
density levels that the ESV applicant
provided to the target satellite operator
are consistent with the existing
coordination agreements between its
satellite(s) and the adjacent satellite
systems within 6° of orbital separation
from its satellite(s); (iii) a statement
from the target satellite operator
certifying that it will include the
power–density levels of the ESV
applicant in all future coordination
agreements; (iv) A demonstration from
the ESV operator that the ESV system is
capable of detecting and automatically
ceasing emissions within 100
milliseconds when the transmitter
exceeds the off–axis EIRP spectral–
densities supplied to the target satellite
operator; and (v) a certification from the
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ESV operator that the ESV system
complies with the power limits in
Section 25.204(h).
5. The point of contact information
referred to in paragraph (a)(3) and, if
applicable, paragraph (a)(6), of Sections
25.221 and 25.222, must be included in
the application.
The information collection
requirements accounted for in this
collection are necessary to determine
the technical and legal qualifications of
applicants or licensees to operate a
station, transfer or assign a license, and
to determine whether the authorization
is in the public interest, convenience
and necessity. Without such
information, the Commission could not
determine whether to permit
respondents to provide
telecommunication services in the U.S.
Therefore, the Commission would be
unable to fulfill its statutory
responsibilities in accordance with the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and the obligations imposed
on parties to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) Basic Telecom
Agreement.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Federal Communications Commission
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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[Report No. 2895]
PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION
OF ACTION IN RULEMAKING
PROCEEDING
Aug 10, 2009.
SUMMARY: Petitions for Reconsideration
have been filed in the Commission’s
Rulemaking proceeding listed in this
Public Notice and published pursuant to
47 CFR Section 1.429(e). The full text of
these documents is available for viewing
and copying in Room CY–B402, 445
12th Street, SW, Washington, DC or may
be purchased from the Commission’s
copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing,
Inc. (BCPI) (1–800–378–3160).
Oppositions to these petitions must be
filed by September 2, 2009. See Section
1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules (47
CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an opposition
must be filed within 10 days after the
time for filing oppositions has expired.
Subject: In The Matter of Digital
Television Distributed Transmission
System Technologies (MB Docket No.
05–312)
NUMBER OF PETITIONS FILED: 2
Federal Communications Commission
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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[Report No. 2894]
PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION
OF ACTION IN RULEMAKING
PROCEEDING
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Aug 04, 2009.
SUMMARY: Petitions for Reconsideration
have been filed in the Commission’s
Rulemaking proceeding listed in this
Public Notice and published pursuant to
47 CFR Section 1.429(e). The full text of
these documents is available for viewing
and copying in Room CY–B402, 445
12th Street, SW, Washington, DC or may
be purchased from the Commission’s
copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing,
Inc. (BCPI) (1–800–378–3160).
Oppositions to these petitions must be
filed by September 2, 2009. See Section
1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules (47
CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an opposition
must be filed within 10 days after the
time for filing oppositions has expired.
Subject: In The Matter of Section
73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM
Broadcast Stations (Grants and Church
Rock, New Mexico) (Docket No. MB–
05–263)
NUMBER OF PETITIONS FILED: 1
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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY
[No. 2009–N–11]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
ACTION: 30-day Notice of Submission of
Information Collection for Approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is
seeking public comments concerning a
currently approved information
collection known as ‘‘Community
Support Requirements,’’ which has been
assigned control number 2590–0005 by
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the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Today FHFA will submit the
information collection to OMB for
review and approval of a three year
extension of the control number, which
is due to expire on September 30, 2009.
DATES: Interested persons may submit
comments on or before September 17,
2009.
Comments: Submit comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs of the Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Federal Housing Finance Agency,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax: 202–395–
6974, E-mail address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please
also submit them to FHFA using any
one of the following methods:
• E-mail: RegComments@fhfa.gov.
Please include Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Community Support
Requirements (No. 2009–N–11) in the
subject line of the message.
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Federal
Housing Finance Agency, Fourth Floor,
1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC
20552, Attention: Public Comments/
Proposed Collection; Comment Request:
‘‘Community Support Requirements,’’
(No. 2009–N–11).
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
We will post all public comments we
receive without change, including any
personal information you provide, such
as your name and address, on the FHFA
Web site at https://www.fhfa.gov. Send
requests for copies of the Community
Support Statement Form and supporting
documentation to the contact referenced
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.
Reginald Ellison, Senior Program
Analyst, 202–408–2968 (not a toll-free
number), Reggie.Ellison@fhfa.gov. The
telephone number for the
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
is 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Need For and Use of the Information
Collection
Section 10(g)(1) of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Act (Bank Act) requires the
FHFA to promulgate regulations
establishing standards of community
investment or service that Federal Home
Loan Bank (Bank) members must meet
in order to maintain access to long-term
advances. See 12 U.S.C. 1430(g)(1). In
establishing these community support
requirements for Bank members, the
FHFA must take into account factors
such as the Bank member’s performance
under the Community Reinvestment Act
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications, Comments Requested
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commision
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) Public Law No. 104-13. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control number. Subject to the PRA, no
person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not display a valid control number.
Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden
estimate; (c) ways to enhance
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the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before October
19, 2009. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), (202) 395-5887, or via fax at (202) 395-
5167, or via the Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to
Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Room 1-C823,
445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554 . To submit your comments
by e-mail send them to: PRA@fcc.gov and/or Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s) contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918 or
send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and/or Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.: 3060-1061.
Title: Part 25 of the Commission's Rules Governing the Blanket
Licensing of Earth Stations on Vessels Operating with Geostationary
Satellites in the Fixed-Satellite Service in the C- and Ku-Bands.
Form No.: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 15 respondents; 15 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: Estimated time is different for each
response - the response with the shortest duration takes an estimated
0.5 hours to complete and the response with the longest duration takes
an estimated 24 hours to complete.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
Commission has statutory approval for the information collection
requirements under Sections 4(i), 7(a), 303(c), 303(f), 303(g) and
303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
Sections 154(i), 157(a), 303(c), 303(f), 303(g) and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 252 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $145,500.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality pertaining to the information collection requirements
in this collection.
Needs and Uses: On July 31, 2009, the Federal Communications
Commission (''Commission'') released an Order on Reconsideration
titled, ``In the Matter of the Procedures to Govern the Use of
Satellite Earth Stations on Board Vessels in the 5925-6425 MHz/ 3700-
4200 MHz Bands and 14.0-14.5 GHz/11.7-12.2 GHz Bands'' (FCC 09-63), IB
Docket No. 02-10 (``ESV Reconsideration Order''). In the ESV
Reconsideration Order, the Commission resolved various concerns raised
regarding the operational restrictions placed on ESVs that are designed
to protect the fixed-satellite service (FSS), operating in the C-band
and Ku-band, and the terrestrially-based fixed service (FS), operating
in the C-band, from harmful interference. The Commission adopted rule
changes that should provide ESV operators with greater operational
flexibility while continuing to ensure that the other services in these
bands are protected from harmful interference.
The PRA information collection requirements contained in the ESV
Reconsideration Order are as follows:
1. Any ESV applicant that uses transmitters with off-axis EIRP
densities lower than or equal to the off-axis EIRP limits must: (1)
file three tables showing the off-axis EIRP level of the proposed earth
station antenna in the direction of the plane of the GSO; the co-
polarized EIRP in the elevation plane, that is, the plane perpendicular
to the plane of the GSO; and cross polarized EIRP. In each table, the
EIRP level must be provided at increments of 0.1[deg] for angles
between 0[deg] and 10[deg] off-axis, and at increments of 5[deg] for
angles between 10[deg] and 180[deg] off-axis or; (2) a certification,
in Schedule B, that the ESV antenna conforms to the gain pattern
criteria of Sec. 25.209(a) and (b), that, combined with the maximum
input power density calculated from the EIRP density less the antenna
gain, which is entered in Schedule B, demonstrates that the off-axis
EIRP spectral density envelope will be met under the assumption that
the antenna is pointed at the target satellite.
2. An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter that will
maintain a pointing error of less than or equal to 0.2[deg] must
provide a certification from the equipment manufacturer stating that
the antenna tracking system will maintain a pointing error of less than
or equal to 0.2[deg] between the orbital location of the target
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna and that the
antenna tracking system is capable of ceasing emissions within 100
milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the target
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna exceeds
0.5[deg].
3. An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter with an
antenna pointing error of greater than 0.2 degrees must: (A) declare,
in its application, a maximum antenna pointing error and demonstrate
that the maximum antenna pointing error can be achieved without
exceeding the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph
(a)(1)(i) of this section; and (B) demonstrate that the ESV transmitter
can detect if the transmitter exceeds the declared maximum antenna
pointing error and can cease transmission within 100 milliseconds if
the angle between the orbital location of the target satellite and the
axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna exceeds the declared maximum
antenna pointing error, and will not resume transmissions until the
angle between the orbital location of the target satellite and the axis
of the main lobe of the ESV antenna is less than or equal to the
declared maximum antenna pointing error.
4. An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter that
exceeds the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits shall provide the
following certifications and demonstration as exhibits to its earth
station application: (i) a statement from the target satellite operator
certifying that the proposed operation of the ESV has the potential to
create harmful interference to satellite networks adjacent to the
target satellite(s) that may be unacceptable; (ii) a statement from the
target satellite operator certifying that the power-density levels that
the ESV applicant provided to the target satellite operator are
consistent with the existing coordination agreements between its
satellite(s) and the adjacent satellite systems within 6[deg] of
orbital separation from its satellite(s); (iii) a statement from the
target satellite operator certifying that it will include the power-
density levels of the ESV applicant in all future coordination
agreements; (iv) A demonstration from the ESV operator that the ESV
system is capable of detecting and automatically ceasing emissions
within 100 milliseconds when the transmitter exceeds the off-axis EIRP
spectral-densities supplied to the target satellite operator; and (v) a
certification from the
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ESV operator that the ESV system complies with the power limits in
Section 25.204(h).
5. The point of contact information referred to in paragraph (a)(3)
and, if applicable, paragraph (a)(6), of Sections 25.221 and 25.222,
must be included in the application.
The information collection requirements accounted for in this
collection are necessary to determine the technical and legal
qualifications of applicants or licensees to operate a station,
transfer or assign a license, and to determine whether the
authorization is in the public interest, convenience and necessity.
Without such information, the Commission could not determine whether to
permit respondents to provide telecommunication services in the U.S.
Therefore, the Commission would be unable to fulfill its statutory
responsibilities in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and the obligations imposed on parties to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) Basic Telecom Agreement.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-19671 Filed 8-17-08; 8:45 am]
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