Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band, 57923-57924 [2011-23846]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 181 / Monday, September 19, 2011 / Rules and Regulations 57923 TABLE 1 TO SUBPART WWWWWW OF PART 63—APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS TO PLATING AND POLISHING AREA SOURCES—Continued Citation Subject 63.4 ........................................................................................................... 63.6(a), (b)(1)–(b)(5), (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(5), and (j) .................................... 63.10(a), (b)(1), (b)(2)(i)–(iii), (xiv), (b)(3), (d)(1), (f) ................................ 63.12 ......................................................................................................... 63.13 ......................................................................................................... Prohibited activities. Compliance with standards and maintenance requirements. Recordkeeping and reporting. State authority and delegations. Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA regional offices. Incorporation by reference. Availability of information and confidentiality. 63.14 ......................................................................................................... 63.15 ......................................................................................................... 1 Section 63.11505(e), ‘‘What parts of my plant does this subpart cover?’’, exempts affected sources from the obligation to obtain title V operating permits. [FR Doc. 2011–23806 Filed 9–16–11; 8:45 am] Synopsis BILLING CODE 6560–50–P As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on July 5, 2011, for the information collection requirement contained in 47 CFR 25.144 and 25.263. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number is 3060– 1153 and the total annual reporting burdens for respondents for this information collection are as follows: Title: Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS). Form Number: Not applicable. Type of Review: New collection. OMB Control Number: 3060–1153. OMB Approval Date: 07/05/2011. OMB Expiration Date: 07/31/2014. Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. Number of Respondents: 1 respondent; 74 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 4–12 hours Frequency of Response: On occasion filing requirement, recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement. Obligation to Respond: The information collection requirements accounted for in this collection are necessary to determine the technical and legal qualifications of SDARS 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. The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in Sections 4, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309 and 332 of the Communications Act, as amended, and FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 25 [IB Docket No. 95–91; FCC 10–82] Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rules; announcement of effective date. AGENCY: 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 Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) Second Report and Order. The information collection requirements were approved on July 5, 2011 by OMB. DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 25.144(e)(3), 25.144(e)(8), 25.144(e)(9), 25.263(b) and 25.263(c), published at 75 FR 45058, August 2, 2010, are effective on September 19, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418–2918 or via e-mail to: cathy.williams@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that on July 5, 2011 OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 25.144 and 25.263. The Commission publishes this document to announce the effective date of these rule sections. See Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) Second Report and Order (FCC 10–82; IB Docket No. 95– 91), 75 FR 45058, August 2, 2010. tkelley on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with RULES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:21 Sep 16, 2011 Jkt 223001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 309, and 332. Total Annual Burden: 400 hours. Annual Cost Burden: $171,320. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for confidentiality with this information collection. Needs and Uses: On May 20, 2010, the Commission adopted and released a Second Report and Order titled, ‘‘In the Matter of Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band,’’ IB Docket No. 95–91, GEN Docket No. 90–357, RM–8610, 25 FCC Rcd 11710 (2010). In this Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted a framework for the regulation of SDARS terrestrial repeaters. First, the Commission adopted technical rules governing the operation of SDARS repeaters that will not unduly constrain the deployment of SDARS repeaters, but that will, at the same time, limit the potential for harmful interference to adjacent spectrum users in the Wireless Communications Service (WCS). Second, the Commission adopted a blanket-licensing regime to facilitate the flexible deployment of SDARS repeaters, which are necessary to ensure a high quality service to the public, while ensuring that such repeater operations comply with the Commission’s rules regarding RF safety, antenna marking and lighting, and equipment authorization, as well as with international agreements. The Commission adopted a site-by-site licensing regime for repeater operations that did not qualify for blanket licensing. Finally, the Commission addressed other issues regarding SDARS repeater operations that are not associated with the interference concerns raised by WCS licensees. Specifically, the Commission adopted rules to ensure that SDARS repeaters remain truly complementary to a satellite-based service, and that SDARS E:\FR\FM\19SER1.SGM 19SER1 57924 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 181 / Monday, September 19, 2011 / Rules and Regulations tkelley on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with RULES terrestrial repeaters are not used to transmit local programming or advertising. 47 CFR 25.144(e)(3)—SDARS licensee shall, before deploying any new, or modifying any existing, terrestrial repeater, notify potentially affected WCS licensees pursuant to the procedure set forth in 25.263. 47 CFR 25.144(e)(8)—SDARS licensees must file an earth station application using Form 312 to obtain blanket authority for terrestrial repeaters operating at 12 kW EIRP (average) or less and in compliance with FCC rules; application must include certain parameters of operation and a certification that the proposed SDARS terrestrial repeater operations will comply with all the rules adopted for such operations. 47 CFR 25.144(e)(9)—The operation of non-compliant repeaters and/or repeaters operating above 12 kW EIRP (average) must be applied for and authorized under individual site-by-site licenses using Form 312 and appropriate waiver of the Commission’s rules. 47 CFR 25.263(b)—SDARS licensees are required to provide informational notifications as specified in 25.263, including requirement that SDARS licensees must share with WCS licensees certain technical information at least 10 business days before operating a new repeater, and at least 5 business days before operating a modified repeater. 47 CFR 25.263(c); Recordkeeping/ Third party disclosure—SDARS licensees operating terrestrial repeaters must maintain an accurate and up-todate inventory of terrestrial repeaters operating above 2 W EIRP, including the information set forth in 25.263(c)(2) for each repeater, which shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Requirement can be satisfied by maintaining inventory on a secure Web site that can be accessed by authorized Commission staff. Not codified (para. 278 of Order)— SDARS licensees must provide potentially affected WCS licensees with an inventory of their terrestrial repeater infrastructure. Federal Communications Commission. Avis Mitchell, Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director. [FR Doc. 2011–23846 Filed 9–16–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:21 Sep 16, 2011 Jkt 223001 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 49 CFR Parts 37 and 38 [Docket OST–2006–23985] RIN 2105–AD54 Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms; Miscellaneous Amendments Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: The Department is amending its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations to require intercity, commuter, and high-speed passenger railroads to ensure, at new and altered station platforms, that passengers with disabilities can get on and off any accessible car of the train. Passenger railroads must provide level-entry boarding at new or altered stations in which no track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail operations. For new or altered stations in which track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail operations, passenger railroads will be able to choose among a variety of means to meet a performance standard to ensure that passengers with disabilities can access each accessible train car that other passengers can board at the station. These means include providing car-borne lifts, station-based lifts, or mini-high platforms. The Department will review a railroad’s proposed method to ensure that it provides reliable and safe services to individuals with disabilities in an integrated manner. The rule also codifies the existing DOT mechanism for issuing ADA guidance, modifies provisions concerning the carriage of wheelchairs, and makes minor technical changes to the Department’s ADA rules. DATES: This rule is effective October 19, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert C. Ashby, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room 94–102, Washington, DC 20590. (202) 366–9306 (voice); (202) 366–7687 (TDD), bob.ashby@dot.gov (e-mail). You may also contact Bonnie Graves, in the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Transit Administration, same mailing address, Room E56–306 (202–366–0944), e-mail bonnie.graves@dot.gov; and Linda SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 Martin, of the Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration, same mailing address, room W31–304 (202– 493–6062), e-mail linda.martin@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule makes final a variety of changes to the Department’s ADA rules based on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued February 27, 2006 (71 FR 9761) and the over 360 comments to the NPRM. Comments came primarily from members of the transportation industry and the disability community. In addition, the Department held a public meeting on August 20, 2010, that resulted in in-person comments from transportation industry and disability community representatives and additional written comments. Generally, speakers at the public meeting and postmeeting written comments reiterated points made during the principal comment period on the NPRM. The final rule modifies the NPRM’s approach to ensuring nondiscriminatory access to rail service by establishing a performance standard that passenger railroads would have to meet at new and altered station platforms. The final rule does not require passenger railroads to retrofit existing platforms. The performance standard requires that passenger railroads ensure that passengers with disabilities can get on and off any accessible car that is available to passengers at a station platform. At stations where track adjacent to platforms is not shared with existing freight service, railroads must provide level-entry boarding. At stations where track adjacent to platforms is shared with freight railroads, passenger railroads can meet the performance standard through a variety of means, including level-entry boarding, carborne lifts, portable station-based lifts, or mini-high platforms (with trains making multiple stops at such platforms when necessary). Passenger railroads that choose not to provide level-entry boarding at new or altered station platforms must get concurrence from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) or Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (or both, as the situation may warrant) for the means they choose to meet the performance standard. As part of this process, railroads would have to show how the means they chose to meet the performance standard ensured the reliability and safety of integrated service to passengers with disabilities. In other provisions of the final rule, the Department has codified the existing Disability Law Coordinating Council (DLCC) as the Department’s means of coordinating ADA guidance. The final rule also modifies the provisions of the E:\FR\FM\19SER1.SGM 19SER1

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 25

[IB Docket No. 95-91; FCC 10-82]


Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Satellite Digital 
Audio Radio Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rules; 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 Satellite 
Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) Second Report and Order. The 
information collection requirements were approved on July 5, 2011 by 
OMB.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 25.144(e)(3), 25.144(e)(8), 
25.144(e)(9), 25.263(b) and 25.263(c), published at 75 FR 45058, August 
2, 2010, are effective on September 19, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918 or via e-mail to: 
cathy.williams@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that on July 5, 2011 
OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information collection 
requirements contained in 47 CFR 25.144 and 25.263. The Commission 
publishes this document to announce the effective date of these rule 
sections. See Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) Second 
Report and Order (FCC 10-82; IB Docket No. 95-91), 75 FR 45058, August 
2, 2010.

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB 
approval on July 5, 2011, for the information collection requirement 
contained in 47 CFR 25.144 and 25.263. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it 
displays a current, valid OMB Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a valid OMB Control Number.
    The OMB Control Number is 3060-1153 and the total annual reporting 
burdens for respondents for this information collection are as follows:
    Title: Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS).
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1153.
    OMB Approval Date: 07/05/2011.
    OMB Expiration Date: 07/31/2014.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 1 respondent; 74 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4-12 hours
    Frequency of Response: On occasion filing requirement, 
recordkeeping requirement and third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: The information collection requirements 
accounted for in this collection are necessary to determine the 
technical and legal qualifications of SDARS 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. The statutory authority for this information collection is 
contained in Sections 4, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309 and 332 of the 
Communications Act, as amended, and 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 
309, and 332.
    Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.
    Annual Cost Burden: $171,320.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this information collection.
    Needs and Uses: On May 20, 2010, the Commission adopted and 
released a Second Report and Order titled, ``In the Matter of 
Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio 
Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band,'' IB Docket No. 
95-91, GEN Docket No. 90-357, RM-8610, 25 FCC Rcd 11710 (2010). In this 
Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted a framework for the 
regulation of SDARS terrestrial repeaters. First, the Commission 
adopted technical rules governing the operation of SDARS repeaters that 
will not unduly constrain the deployment of SDARS repeaters, but that 
will, at the same time, limit the potential for harmful interference to 
adjacent spectrum users in the Wireless Communications Service (WCS). 
Second, the Commission adopted a blanket-licensing regime to facilitate 
the flexible deployment of SDARS repeaters, which are necessary to 
ensure a high quality service to the public, while ensuring that such 
repeater operations comply with the Commission's rules regarding RF 
safety, antenna marking and lighting, and equipment authorization, as 
well as with international agreements. The Commission adopted a site-
by-site licensing regime for repeater operations that did not qualify 
for blanket licensing. Finally, the Commission addressed other issues 
regarding SDARS repeater operations that are not associated with the 
interference concerns raised by WCS licensees. Specifically, the 
Commission adopted rules to ensure that SDARS repeaters remain truly 
complementary to a satellite-based service, and that SDARS

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terrestrial repeaters are not used to transmit local programming or 
advertising.
    47 CFR 25.144(e)(3)--SDARS licensee shall, before deploying any 
new, or modifying any existing, terrestrial repeater, notify 
potentially affected WCS licensees pursuant to the procedure set forth 
in 25.263.
    47 CFR 25.144(e)(8)--SDARS licensees must file an earth station 
application using Form 312 to obtain blanket authority for terrestrial 
repeaters operating at 12 kW EIRP (average) or less and in compliance 
with FCC rules; application must include certain parameters of 
operation and a certification that the proposed SDARS terrestrial 
repeater operations will comply with all the rules adopted for such 
operations.
    47 CFR 25.144(e)(9)--The operation of non-compliant repeaters and/
or repeaters operating above 12 kW EIRP (average) must be applied for 
and authorized under individual site-by-site licenses using Form 312 
and appropriate waiver of the Commission's rules.
    47 CFR 25.263(b)--SDARS licensees are required to provide 
informational notifications as specified in 25.263, including 
requirement that SDARS licensees must share with WCS licensees certain 
technical information at least 10 business days before operating a new 
repeater, and at least 5 business days before operating a modified 
repeater.
    47 CFR 25.263(c); Recordkeeping/Third party disclosure--SDARS 
licensees operating terrestrial repeaters must maintain an accurate and 
up-to-date inventory of terrestrial repeaters operating above 2 W EIRP, 
including the information set forth in 25.263(c)(2) for each repeater, 
which shall be made available to the Commission upon request. 
Requirement can be satisfied by maintaining inventory on a secure Web 
site that can be accessed by authorized Commission staff.
    Not codified (para. 278 of Order)--SDARS licensees must provide 
potentially affected WCS licensees with an inventory of their 
terrestrial repeater infrastructure.

Federal Communications Commission.
Avis Mitchell,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-23846 Filed 9-16-11; 8:45 am]
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