Emission Mask Requirements for Digital Technologies on 800 MHz NPSPAC Channels; Analog FM Capability on Mutual Aid and Interoperability Channels, 30198-30202 [2016-11336]
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47 CFR Part 90
[PS Docket No. 13–209, RM–11663; FCC 16–
48]
Emission Mask Requirements for
Digital Technologies on 800 MHz
NPSPAC Channels; Analog FM
Capability on Mutual Aid and
Interoperability Channels
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This document amends the
Commission’s rules to guard against
interference to critical public safety
communications in the 800 MHz
National Public Safety Planning
SUMMARY:
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Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) band
(806–809/851–854 MHz) and to enhance
public safety system interoperability in
the VHF, UHF and 800 MHz bands by
specifying analog FM as the standard
emission for use on all interoperability
channels in these bands.
DATES: Effective June 15, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
A. Evanoff, Attorney-Advisor, Policy
and Licensing Division, Public Safety
and Homeland Security Bureau, (202)
418–0848 or john.evanoff@fcc.gov and
Brian Marenco, Electronics Engineer,
Policy and Licensing Division, Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau,
(202) 418–0838 or brian.marenco@
fcc.gov.
This is a
summary of the Commission’s Report
and Order in PS Docket No. 13–209,
FCC 16–48, released on April 25, 2016.
The document is available for download
at https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/.
The complete text of this document is
also available for inspection and
copying during normal business hours
in the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files,
audio format), send an email to
FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202–
418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (TTY).
The Report and Order amends the
rules to require digital technologies to
comply with Emission Mask H when
operated in the 800 MHz National
Public Safety Planning Advisory
Committee (NPSPAC) band (806–809/
851–854 MHz). The Report and Order
also amends the rules to require
equipment to have analog FM capability
when operating on 800 MHz NPSPAC,
VHF (150–170 MHz), and UHF (450–470
MHz) public safety mutual aid and
interoperability channels. These rule
changes will help safeguard public
safety licensees in the NPSPAC band
from adjacent-channel interference and
preserve interoperability in the
NPSPAC, VHF and UHF bands. Finally,
the Report and Order terminates the
existing freeze on equipment
authorization announced in the Public
Notice, 28 FCC Rcd 12661.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Procedural Matters
A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Final Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis required by section 604 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 604,
is included in Appendix B of the Report
and Order.
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B. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Analysis
The actions taken in the Report and
Order in PS Docket No. 13–209 have
been analyzed with respect to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, and found to
impose no new or modified
recordkeeping requirements or burdens
on the public.
C. Congressional Review Act
The Commission will send a copy of
this Report and Order to Congress and
the Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (‘‘CRA’’), see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
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Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
1. As required by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended
(RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis (IRFA) was incorporated in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM). The Commission sought
written public comment on the
proposals in the NPRM, including
comment on the IRFA. The comments
received are discussed below. This
present Final Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis (FRFA) conforms to the RFA.
A. Need for, and Objectives of, the
Proposed Rules
2. The basic purpose of the Report
and Order is to amend the Part 90
technical rules in order to prevent
adjacent channel interference and
promote interoperable public safety
communications. In the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) we
proposed to adopt rules that guard
against interference to critical public
safety communications in the 800 MHz
NPSPAC band and enhance public
safety system interoperability in the
VHF, UHF and 800 MHz bands. Most
commenters submit that digital
equipment should not be authorized in
the NPSPAC band unless it complies
with Emission Mask H because digital
transmitters increase the potential for
adjacent channel interference and
reduce frequency reuse in the limited
NPSPAC spectrum. Most commenters
also believe that public safety radios
should have analog FM capability when
operating on the mutual aid and
interoperability channels.
3. Based on the record, we conclude
that the public interest will best be
served by adopting the rules proposed
in the NPRM, with certain changes that
will reduce regulatory burdens on
public safety entities and
manufacturers. The rule changes
adopted in this Report and Order
provide certainty to public safety
entities, regional planning committees
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(RPC), equipment manufacturers, and
equipment certification laboratories,
and will ensure that licensed facilities
operate under uniform technical
parameters to maintain the extant
interference environment in the
NPSPAC band and promote
interoperability.
B. Summary of Significant Issues Raised
by Public Comments in Response to the
IRFA
4. There were no comments raised
that specifically addressed the proposed
rules and policies presented in the
IRFA. Nonetheless, we considered the
potential impact of the rules proposed
in the IRFA on small entities and
reduced the compliance burden for all
small entities in order to reduce the
economic impact of the rules enacted
herein on such entities.
5. First, our decision to apply the H
Mask to digital technology is limited to
equipment that operates in the sensitive
interference environment of the
NPSPAC band where 25 kilohertz
channels are spaced only 12.5 kilohertz
apart. We recognize that the NPSPAC
channels are more susceptible to
adjacent channel interference due to the
12.5 kilohertz channel spacing relative
to the rest of the 800 MHz band where
channels are spaced 25 kilohertz apart.
Equipment not conforming to the H
Mask would increase the potential for
adjacent channel interference, require
greater geographic separation to mitigate
interference and thus reduce spectrum
reuse of limited public safety spectrum.
Thus, by amending the emission mask
rules applicable to the NPSPAC band,
we reduce the economic burden on
public safety licensees in having to
contend with increased adjacent
channel interference and decreased
spectrum availability.
6. Second, our decision to require
analog FM common modulation
capability promotes interoperability on
the mutual aid channels and the VHF/
UHF interoperability channels. In light
of the embedded base of analog FM
equipment on the mutual aid and VHF/
UHF interoperability channels, we
believe that requiring a common
modulation scheme is a low-cost
measure to ensure that these channels
remain available during times of crisis.
7. Third, the record shows that the
benefits to public safety users of
requiring (1) digital technologies to
comply with Emission Mask H when
operating in the NPSPAC band and (2)
equipment to have analog FM capability
when operating on 800 MHz, VHF, and
UHF public safety mutual aid and
interoperability channels exceed the
asserted costs of (1) compliance with
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Emission Mask H, and (2) providing
analog FM capability. Additionally,
public safety agencies that wish to use
non-H Mask compliant digital emissions
for non-interoperable communications
may apply for authorizations in the 4.5
MHz of 800 MHz interleaved spectrum.
C. Estimate of the Number of Small
Entities to Which the Proposed Rules
Will Apply
8. The RFA directs agencies to
provide a description of, and, where
feasible, an estimate of, the number of
small entities that may be affected by
the rules adopted herein. 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 (SBA). 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. Private Land Mobile Radio
Licensees. PLMR systems serve an
essential role in a range of industrial,
business, land transportation, and
public safety activities. These radios are
used by companies of all sizes operating
in all U.S. business categories, and are
often used in support of the licensee’s
primary (non-telecommunications)
business operations. For the purpose of
determining whether a licensee of a
PLMR system is a small business as
defined by the SBA, we use the broad
census category, Wireless
Telecommunications Carriers (except
Satellite).
10. The Wireless Telecommunications
Carriers (except satellite) industry
comprises establishments engaged in
operating and maintaining switching
and transmission facilities to provide
communications via the airwaves.
Establishments in this industry have
spectrum licenses and provide services
using that spectrum, such as cellular
phone services, paging services,
wireless Internet access, and wireless
video services. The appropriate size
standard under SBA rules for the
category Wireless Telecommunications
Carriers (except satellite) is that a
business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer
employees. Census data for 2007 show
that there were 1,383 such firms that
operated for the entire year. Of this
total, 1,368 firms had fewer than 1000
employees. Thus, under this category
and the associated small business size
standard, the Commission estimates that
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the majority of wireless
telecommunications carriers (except
satellite) are small.
11. The definition of the Wireless
Telecommunications Carriers (except
satellite) industry provides that a small
entity is any such entity employing no
more than 1,500 persons. The
Commission does not require PLMR
licensees to disclose information about
number of employees, so the
Commission does not have information
that could be used to determine how
many PLMR licensees constitute small
entities under this definition. We note
that PLMR licensees generally use the
licensed facilities in support of other
business activities, and therefore, it
would also be helpful to assess PLMR
licensees under the standards applied to
the particular industry subsector to
which the licensee belongs.
12. As of November 1, 2012, there
were 1,185 PLMR licensees operating in
the PLMR band between 806–809/851–
854 MHz (NPSPAC band) and 686
PLMR licensees operating on the VHF
and UHF public safety interoperability
channels. We note that any entity
engaged in a commercial activity is
eligible to hold a PLMR license, and that
any revised rules in this context could
therefore potentially impact small
entities covering a great variety of
industries.
13. Small Businesses, Small
Organizations, and Small Governmental
Jurisdictions. Our action may, over time,
affect small entities that are not easily
categorized at present. We therefore
describe here, at the outset, three
comprehensive, statutory small entity
size standards that encompass entities
that could be directly affected by the
amended rules. As of 2009, small
businesses represented 99.7% of the
28.2 million businesses in the United
States, according to the SBA.
Additionally, a ‘‘small organization’’ is
generally ‘‘any not-for-profit enterprise
which is independently owned and
operated and is not dominant in its
field.’’ Nationwide, as of 2007, there
were approximately 1,621,315 small
organizations. Finally, the term ‘‘small
governmental jurisdiction’’ is defined
generally as ‘‘governments of cities,
counties, towns, townships, villages,
school districts, or special districts, with
a population of less than fifty
thousand.’’ Census Bureau data for 2007
indicate that there were 89,527
governmental jurisdictions in the
United States. We estimate that, of this
total, as many as 88,761 entities may
qualify as ‘‘small governmental
jurisdictions.’’ Thus, we estimate that
most governmental jurisdictions are
small.
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14. RF Equipment Manufacturers. The
Census Bureau defines this category as
follows: ‘‘This industry comprises
establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing radio and television
broadcast and wireless communications
equipment. Examples of products made
by these establishments are:
Transmitting and receiving antennas,
cable television equipment, GPS
equipment, pagers, cellular phones,
mobile communications equipment, and
radio and television studio and
broadcasting equipment.’’ The SBA
small business size standard for Radio
and Television Broadcasting and
Wireless Communications Equipment
Manufacturing is all such firms having
750 or fewer employees. According to
Census Bureau data for 2007, there were
a total of 939 establishments in this
category that operated for the entire
year. Of this total, 912 had employment
of under 500, and an additional 10 had
employment of 500 to 999. Thus, under
this size standard, the majority of firms
can be considered small.
D. Description of Projected Reporting,
Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance
Requirements
15. The Report and Order adopts two
principal rule changes that will affect
reporting, recordkeeping and other
compliance requirements. The Report
and Order retains our 800 MHz
NPSPAC emission mask rules and
explicitly requires digital emission
transmitters to comply with Emission
Mask H when operated on 800 MHz
NPSPAC channels. The Report and
Order also requires mobile and portable
transmitters to have analog FM
modulation capability on the public
safety mutual aid and VHF/UHF
interoperability frequencies. Digital
emission transmitters have
characteristics that differ from analog
FM transmitters and, hence, have a
greater likelihood of causing adjacentchannel interference. The Commission
developed specific emission masks for
digital emissions, including Mask H for
digital emissions in the 800 MHz
NPSPAC band. Industry practice
recognizes that (1) digitally-modulated
signals must be certified under the HMask for use in public safety spectrum
and (2) radios intended for use on
mutual aid and interoperability
channels must be capable of analog FM
operation. We expect that large and
small manufacturers already comply
with these proposed regulations.
However, to the extent some
manufacturers do not already comply
with these regulations and industry
standards, we expect that such
manufacturers would refrain from
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marketing their equipment to public
safety entities as being in compliance
with the Commission’s rules and ensure
that their equipment performs
consistent with these regulations
designed to prevent interference and
preserve interoperability. The
Commission’s equipment certification
process will serve to ensure that
equipment complies with Emission
Mask H when operated in the NPSPAC
band and that it has FM modulation
capability on public safety mutual aid
and VHF/UHF interoperability
frequencies. Some manufacturers may
submit new or amended applications for
equipment certification accompanied by
the requisite engineering showings that
demonstrate compliance with the rules
adopted in the Report and Order. See
OMB Control No. 3060–0057.
E. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant
Economic Impact on Small Entities, and
Significant Alternatives Considered
16. The RFA requires an agency to
describe any significant alternatives that
it has considered in developing its
approach, which may include the
following four alternatives (among
others): ‘‘(1) the establishment of
differing compliance or reporting
requirements or timetables that take into
account the resources available to small
entities; (2) the clarification,
consolidation, or simplification of
compliance and reporting requirements
under the rule for such small entities;
(3) the use of performance rather than
design standards; and (4) an exemption
from coverage of the rule, or any part
thereof, for such small entities.’’
17. We have evaluated our rule
changes in the context of small business
entities and find no alternatives, to the
benefit of small entities that would
achieve our goals of adjacent channel
interference avoidance and facilitating
nationwide interoperability.
Additionally, the rules we adopt are
consistent with industry practice and
reflect the embedded base of public
safety equipment on these channels.
Accordingly, we expect most
manufacturers and public safety
licensees already comply with our
regulations, therefore minimizing any
significant economic impact on small
entities. We believe that these
restrictions on adjacent channel
interference and interoperability
compliance requirements are the
minimum needed, when weighed
against the significant benefits to small
entities, including public safety entities,
that result from the approach we are
adopting here. In order to further
minimize the economic impact on small
entities, the rules require analog FM
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capability only in subscriber units in
order to achieve interoperability.
F. Federal Rules That May Duplicate,
Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed
Rules
18. None.
G. Report to Congress
19. The Commission will send a copy
of the Report and Order, including this
FRFA, in a report to be sent to Congress
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act. In addition, the Commission will
send a copy of the Report and Order,
including this FRFA, to the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. A
copy of the Report and Order and FRFA
(or summaries thereof) is also being
published in the Federal Register.
Ordering Clauses
20. Accordingly, it is ordered,
pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 4(i), 4(j), 301,
302, 303, 308, 309(j), and 332 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i),
154(j), 301, 302, 303, 308, 309(j), and
332, that this Report and Order is
hereby ADOPTED. Part 90 of the
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR part 90, is
revised as set forth in Appendix A to
this Report and Order. These rule
revisions will take effect 30 days after
the date of publication of the text
thereof in the Federal Register.
21. It is further ordered that the
equipment authorization freeze
announced in the Public Notice, 28 FCC
Rcd 12661, shall be terminated on the
date the rule revisions as set forth in
Appendix A become effective.
22. It is further ordered that the
Commission’s Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference
Information Center, shall send a copy of
this Report and Order, including the
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to
the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration.
23. It is further ordered that the
Commission shall send a copy of this
Report and Order, to Congress and the
Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
2005, all operations will be secondary to
co-channel interoperability
communications. Analog FM emission
shall exclusively be used for operation
on the VHF and UHF interoperability
channels.
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■ 3. Section 90.203 is amended by
revising paragraphs (i) and (j)(1) to read
as follows:
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 90
Radio.
§ 90.203
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 90 as
follows:
PART 90—PRIVATE LAND MOBILE
RADIO SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 90
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r),
and 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161,
303(g), 303(r), 332(c)(7).
2. Section 90.20 is amended by
revising paragraph (d)(80) to read as
follows:
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§ 90.20
Certification required.
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Public Safety Pool.
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(80) After December 7, 2000 this
frequency is available primarily for
public safety interoperability only
communications. Stations licensed prior
to December 7, 2000 may continue to
use this frequency on a co-primary basis
until January 1, 2005. After January 1,
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(i) Mobile/portable equipment capable
of use in the 806–809/851–854 MHz
band segment and submitted for
certification thirty or more days after
publication of a summary of the Report
and Order, (FCC 16–48, released April
25, 2016) in PS Docket 13–209 in the
Federal Register must have the
capability to operate in the analog FM
mode on the mutual aid channels
designated in § 90.617(a)(1) of the rules.
(j) * * *
(1) Applications for certification of
mobile and portable equipment
designed to transmit voice on public
safety frequencies in the 150–174 MHz
or 450–470 MHz band will be granted
only if the mobile/portable equipment is
capable of operating in the analog FM
mode on the nationwide public safety
interoperability channels in the 150–174
MHz band or 450–470 MHz band, as
appropriate. (See § 90.20(c), (d)(80) of
this part.)
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adding footnote 6 to the entry for 806–
809/851–854 in the Applicable
Emission Masks table to read as follows:
§ 90.210
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APPLICABLE EMISSION MASKS
Mask for
equipment with
audio low pass
filter
Frequency band
(MHz)
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Mask for
equipment without
audio low pass
filter
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6 Transmitters utilizing analog emissions that are equipped with an audio low-pass filter must meet Emission Mask B. All transmitters utilizing
digital emissions and those transmitters using analog emissions without an audio low-pass filter must meet Emission Mask H.
5. Section 90.617 is amended by
revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as
follows:
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§ 90.617 Frequencies in the 809.750–824/
854.750–869 MHz, and 896–901/935–940
MHz bands available for trunked,
conventional or cellular system use in nonborder areas.
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(1) Channels numbers 1–230 are also
available to eligible applicants in the
Public Safety Category in non-border
areas. The assignment of these channels
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will be done in accordance with the
policies defined in the Report and Order
in Gen. Docket No. 87–112 (See § 90.16).
The following channels are available
only for mutual aid purposes as defined
in Gen. Docket No. 87–112: Channels 1,
39, 77, 115, 153. Mobile and portable
radios operating on the mutual aid
channels shall employ analog FM
emission.
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6. Section 90.619 is amended by
revising paragraphs (a)(5)(i) and (c)(6)(i)
to read as follows:
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§ 90.619 Operations within the U.S./Mexico
and U.S./Canada border areas.
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(i) Channel numbers 1–230 are also
available to eligible applicants in the
Public Safety Category in the Canada
Border Regions. The assignment of these
channels will be done in accordance
with the policies defined in the Report
and Order of Gen. Docket No. 87–112
(See § 90.16). The following channels
are available only for mutual aid
purposes as defined in Gen. Docket No.
87–112: Channels 1, 39, 77, 115, 153.
Mobile and portable radios operating on
the mutual aid channels shall employ
analog FM emission.
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(i) Channel numbers 1–230 are also
available to eligible applicants in the
Public Safety Category in the Canada
Border Regions. The assignment of these
channels will be done in accordance
with the policies defined in the Report
and Order of Gen. Docket No. 87–112
(See § 90.16). The following channels
are available only for mutual aid
purposes as defined in Gen. Docket No.
87–112: Channels 1, 39, 77, 115, 153.
Mobile and portable radios operating on
the mutual aid channels shall employ
analog FM emission.
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery;
2016 Closure of the Northern Gulf of
Maine Scallop Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop
Management Area will close for the
remainder of the 2016 fishing year. No
vessel issued a federal scallop permit,
with the exception of Northern Gulf of
Maine permit holders also holding a
Maine state scallop permit and fishing
under the state waters exemption
program in Maine state waters, may fish
for, possess, or land scallops from the
Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop
Management Area. Regulations require
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percent of the 2016 total allowable catch
for the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop
Management Area will be harvested.
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13, 2016, through February 28, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannah Jaburek, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 282–8456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The reader
can find regulations governing fishing
activity in the Northern Gulf of Maine
(NGOM) Scallop Management Area in
50 CFR 648.54 and § 648.62. These
regulations authorize vessels issued a
valid federal scallop permit to fish in
the NGOM Scallop Management Area
under specific conditions, including a
total allowable catch (TAC) of 67,454 lb
(30.6 mt) for the 2016 fishing year, and
a State Waters Exemption Program for
the state of Maine. NMFS reduced the
2016 NGOM Scallop Management Area
TAC from 70,000 lb (31.8 mt) to 67,454
lb (30.6 mt) to account for a 2,546-lb
(1,155-kg) over harvest of the 2015 TAC
during the 2015 fishing year. Section
648.62(b)(2) requires the NGOM Scallop
Management Area to be closed to
federally permitted scallop vessels for
the remainder of the fishing year once
the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional
Administrator determines that the TAC
for fishing year 2016 is projected to be
harvested. Any vessel that holds a
federal NGOM permit (category LAGC
B) may continue to fish in the Maine
state waters portion of the NGOM
Scallop Management Area under the
State Waters Exemption Program found
in § 648.54 provided they have a valid
Maine state scallop permit and fish in
state waters only.
Based on trip declarations by
federally permitted scallop vessels
fishing in the NGOM Scallop
Management Area, and analysis of
fishing effort, we project that the 2016
TAC will be harvested as of May 13,
2016. Therefore, in accordance with
§ 648.62(b)(2), the NGOM Scallop
Management Area is closed to all
federally permitted scallop vessels as of
May 13, 2016. No vessel issued a federal
scallop permit may fish for, possess, or
land scallops in or from the NGOM
Scallop Management Area after 0001
local time, May 13, 2016, unless the
vessel is fishing exclusively in state
waters and is participating in an
approved state waters exemption
program as specified in § 648.54. Any
federally permitted scallop vessel that
has declared into the NGOM Scallop
Management Area, complied with all
trip notification and observer
requirements, and crossed the VMS
demarcation line on the way to the area
before 0001, May 13, 2016, may
complete its trip. All limited access
scallop vessels fishing on a day-at-sea
must exit the NGOM Scallop
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 90
[PS Docket No. 13-209, RM-11663; FCC 16-48]
Emission Mask Requirements for Digital Technologies on 800 MHz
NPSPAC Channels; Analog FM Capability on Mutual Aid and
Interoperability Channels
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document amends the Commission's rules to guard against
interference to critical public safety communications in the 800 MHz
National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) band (806-
809/851-854 MHz) and to enhance public safety system interoperability
in the VHF, UHF and 800 MHz bands by specifying analog FM as the
standard emission for use on all interoperability channels in these
bands.
DATES: Effective June 15, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John A. Evanoff, Attorney-Advisor,
Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau, (202) 418-0848 or john.evanoff@fcc.gov and Brian Marenco,
Electronics Engineer, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-0838 or brian.marenco@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Report
and Order in PS Docket No. 13-209, FCC 16-48, released on April 25,
2016. The document is available for download at https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/. The complete text of this document is
also available for inspection and copying during normal business hours
in the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street
SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an email to FCC504@fcc.gov or
call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530
(voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
The Report and Order amends the rules to require digital
technologies to comply with Emission Mask H when operated in the 800
MHz National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) band
(806-809/851-854 MHz). The Report and Order also amends the rules to
require equipment to have analog FM capability when operating on 800
MHz NPSPAC, VHF (150-170 MHz), and UHF (450-470 MHz) public safety
mutual aid and interoperability channels. These rule changes will help
safeguard public safety licensees in the NPSPAC band from adjacent-
channel interference and preserve interoperability in the NPSPAC, VHF
and UHF bands. Finally, the Report and Order terminates the existing
freeze on equipment authorization announced in the Public Notice, 28
FCC Rcd 12661.
Procedural Matters
A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis required by section 604
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 604, is included in
Appendix B of the Report and Order.
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B. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis
The actions taken in the Report and Order in PS Docket No. 13-209
have been analyzed with respect to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104-13, and found to impose no new or modified recordkeeping
requirements or burdens on the public.
C. Congressional Review Act
The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order to
Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act (``CRA''), see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
1. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as
amended (RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was
incorporated in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The
Commission sought written public comment on the proposals in the NPRM,
including comment on the IRFA. The comments received are discussed
below. This present Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA)
conforms to the RFA.
A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Proposed Rules
2. The basic purpose of the Report and Order is to amend the Part
90 technical rules in order to prevent adjacent channel interference
and promote interoperable public safety communications. In the Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) we proposed to adopt rules that guard
against interference to critical public safety communications in the
800 MHz NPSPAC band and enhance public safety system interoperability
in the VHF, UHF and 800 MHz bands. Most commenters submit that digital
equipment should not be authorized in the NPSPAC band unless it
complies with Emission Mask H because digital transmitters increase the
potential for adjacent channel interference and reduce frequency reuse
in the limited NPSPAC spectrum. Most commenters also believe that
public safety radios should have analog FM capability when operating on
the mutual aid and interoperability channels.
3. Based on the record, we conclude that the public interest will
best be served by adopting the rules proposed in the NPRM, with certain
changes that will reduce regulatory burdens on public safety entities
and manufacturers. The rule changes adopted in this Report and Order
provide certainty to public safety entities, regional planning
committees (RPC), equipment manufacturers, and equipment certification
laboratories, and will ensure that licensed facilities operate under
uniform technical parameters to maintain the extant interference
environment in the NPSPAC band and promote interoperability.
B. Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response
to the IRFA
4. There were no comments raised that specifically addressed the
proposed rules and policies presented in the IRFA. Nonetheless, we
considered the potential impact of the rules proposed in the IRFA on
small entities and reduced the compliance burden for all small entities
in order to reduce the economic impact of the rules enacted herein on
such entities.
5. First, our decision to apply the H Mask to digital technology is
limited to equipment that operates in the sensitive interference
environment of the NPSPAC band where 25 kilohertz channels are spaced
only 12.5 kilohertz apart. We recognize that the NPSPAC channels are
more susceptible to adjacent channel interference due to the 12.5
kilohertz channel spacing relative to the rest of the 800 MHz band
where channels are spaced 25 kilohertz apart. Equipment not conforming
to the H Mask would increase the potential for adjacent channel
interference, require greater geographic separation to mitigate
interference and thus reduce spectrum reuse of limited public safety
spectrum. Thus, by amending the emission mask rules applicable to the
NPSPAC band, we reduce the economic burden on public safety licensees
in having to contend with increased adjacent channel interference and
decreased spectrum availability.
6. Second, our decision to require analog FM common modulation
capability promotes interoperability on the mutual aid channels and the
VHF/UHF interoperability channels. In light of the embedded base of
analog FM equipment on the mutual aid and VHF/UHF interoperability
channels, we believe that requiring a common modulation scheme is a
low-cost measure to ensure that these channels remain available during
times of crisis.
7. Third, the record shows that the benefits to public safety users
of requiring (1) digital technologies to comply with Emission Mask H
when operating in the NPSPAC band and (2) equipment to have analog FM
capability when operating on 800 MHz, VHF, and UHF public safety mutual
aid and interoperability channels exceed the asserted costs of (1)
compliance with Emission Mask H, and (2) providing analog FM
capability. Additionally, public safety agencies that wish to use non-H
Mask compliant digital emissions for non-interoperable communications
may apply for authorizations in the 4.5 MHz of 800 MHz interleaved
spectrum.
C. Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which the Proposed Rules
Will Apply
8. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of, and, where
feasible, an estimate of, the number of small entities that may be
affected by the rules adopted herein. 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 (SBA). 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. Private Land Mobile Radio Licensees. PLMR systems serve an
essential role in a range of industrial, business, land transportation,
and public safety activities. These radios are used by companies of all
sizes operating in all U.S. business categories, and are often used in
support of the licensee's primary (non-telecommunications) business
operations. For the purpose of determining whether a licensee of a PLMR
system is a small business as defined by the SBA, we use the broad
census category, Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except
Satellite).
10. The Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except satellite)
industry comprises establishments engaged in operating and maintaining
switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the
airwaves. Establishments in this industry have spectrum licenses and
provide services using that spectrum, such as cellular phone services,
paging services, wireless Internet access, and wireless video services.
The appropriate size standard under SBA rules for the category Wireless
Telecommunications Carriers (except satellite) is that a business is
small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. Census data for 2007 show
that there were 1,383 such firms that operated for the entire year. Of
this total, 1,368 firms had fewer than 1000 employees. Thus, under this
category and the associated small business size standard, the
Commission estimates that
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the majority of wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)
are small.
11. The definition of the Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
(except satellite) industry provides that a small entity is any such
entity employing no more than 1,500 persons. The Commission does not
require PLMR licensees to disclose information about number of
employees, so the Commission does not have information that could be
used to determine how many PLMR licensees constitute small entities
under this definition. We note that PLMR licensees generally use the
licensed facilities in support of other business activities, and
therefore, it would also be helpful to assess PLMR licensees under the
standards applied to the particular industry subsector to which the
licensee belongs.
12. As of November 1, 2012, there were 1,185 PLMR licensees
operating in the PLMR band between 806-809/851-854 MHz (NPSPAC band)
and 686 PLMR licensees operating on the VHF and UHF public safety
interoperability channels. We note that any entity engaged in a
commercial activity is eligible to hold a PLMR license, and that any
revised rules in this context could therefore potentially impact small
entities covering a great variety of industries.
13. Small Businesses, Small Organizations, and Small Governmental
Jurisdictions. Our action may, over time, affect small entities that
are not easily categorized at present. We therefore describe here, at
the outset, three comprehensive, statutory small entity size standards
that encompass entities that could be directly affected by the amended
rules. As of 2009, small businesses represented 99.7% of the 28.2
million businesses in the United States, according to the SBA.
Additionally, a ``small organization'' is generally ``any not-for-
profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field.'' Nationwide, as of 2007, there were
approximately 1,621,315 small organizations. Finally, the term ``small
governmental jurisdiction'' is defined generally as ``governments of
cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or
special districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand.''
Census Bureau data for 2007 indicate that there were 89,527
governmental jurisdictions in the United States. We estimate that, of
this total, as many as 88,761 entities may qualify as ``small
governmental jurisdictions.'' Thus, we estimate that most governmental
jurisdictions are small.
14. RF Equipment Manufacturers. The Census Bureau defines this
category as follows: ``This industry comprises establishments primarily
engaged in manufacturing radio and television broadcast and wireless
communications equipment. Examples of products made by these
establishments are: Transmitting and receiving antennas, cable
television equipment, GPS equipment, pagers, cellular phones, mobile
communications equipment, and radio and television studio and
broadcasting equipment.'' The SBA small business size standard for
Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment
Manufacturing is all such firms having 750 or fewer employees.
According to Census Bureau data for 2007, there were a total of 939
establishments in this category that operated for the entire year. Of
this total, 912 had employment of under 500, and an additional 10 had
employment of 500 to 999. Thus, under this size standard, the majority
of firms can be considered small.
D. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other
Compliance Requirements
15. The Report and Order adopts two principal rule changes that
will affect reporting, recordkeeping and other compliance requirements.
The Report and Order retains our 800 MHz NPSPAC emission mask rules and
explicitly requires digital emission transmitters to comply with
Emission Mask H when operated on 800 MHz NPSPAC channels. The Report
and Order also requires mobile and portable transmitters to have analog
FM modulation capability on the public safety mutual aid and VHF/UHF
interoperability frequencies. Digital emission transmitters have
characteristics that differ from analog FM transmitters and, hence,
have a greater likelihood of causing adjacent-channel interference. The
Commission developed specific emission masks for digital emissions,
including Mask H for digital emissions in the 800 MHz NPSPAC band.
Industry practice recognizes that (1) digitally-modulated signals must
be certified under the H-Mask for use in public safety spectrum and (2)
radios intended for use on mutual aid and interoperability channels
must be capable of analog FM operation. We expect that large and small
manufacturers already comply with these proposed regulations. However,
to the extent some manufacturers do not already comply with these
regulations and industry standards, we expect that such manufacturers
would refrain from marketing their equipment to public safety entities
as being in compliance with the Commission's rules and ensure that
their equipment performs consistent with these regulations designed to
prevent interference and preserve interoperability. The Commission's
equipment certification process will serve to ensure that equipment
complies with Emission Mask H when operated in the NPSPAC band and that
it has FM modulation capability on public safety mutual aid and VHF/UHF
interoperability frequencies. Some manufacturers may submit new or
amended applications for equipment certification accompanied by the
requisite engineering showings that demonstrate compliance with the
rules adopted in the Report and Order. See OMB Control No. 3060-0057.
E. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small
Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered
16. The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant
alternatives that it has considered in developing its approach, which
may include the following four alternatives (among others): ``(1) the
establishment of differing compliance or reporting requirements or
timetables that take into account the resources available to small
entities; (2) the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of
compliance and reporting requirements under the rule for such small
entities; (3) the use of performance rather than design standards; and
(4) an exemption from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for
such small entities.''
17. We have evaluated our rule changes in the context of small
business entities and find no alternatives, to the benefit of small
entities that would achieve our goals of adjacent channel interference
avoidance and facilitating nationwide interoperability. Additionally,
the rules we adopt are consistent with industry practice and reflect
the embedded base of public safety equipment on these channels.
Accordingly, we expect most manufacturers and public safety licensees
already comply with our regulations, therefore minimizing any
significant economic impact on small entities. We believe that these
restrictions on adjacent channel interference and interoperability
compliance requirements are the minimum needed, when weighed against
the significant benefits to small entities, including public safety
entities, that result from the approach we are adopting here. In order
to further minimize the economic impact on small entities, the rules
require analog FM
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capability only in subscriber units in order to achieve
interoperability.
F. Federal Rules That May Duplicate, Overlap, or Conflict With the
Proposed Rules
18. None.
G. Report to Congress
19. The Commission will send a copy of the Report and Order,
including this FRFA, in a report to be sent to Congress pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act. In addition, the Commission will send a copy
of the Report and Order, including this FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the SBA. A copy of the Report and Order and FRFA (or
summaries thereof) is also being published in the Federal Register.
Ordering Clauses
20. Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 4(i),
4(j), 301, 302, 303, 308, 309(j), and 332 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 302, 303,
308, 309(j), and 332, that this Report and Order is hereby ADOPTED.
Part 90 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR part 90, is revised as set
forth in Appendix A to this Report and Order. These rule revisions will
take effect 30 days after the date of publication of the text thereof
in the Federal Register.
21. It is further ordered that the equipment authorization freeze
announced in the Public Notice, 28 FCC Rcd 12661, shall be terminated
on the date the rule revisions as set forth in Appendix A become
effective.
22. It is further ordered that the Commission's Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a
copy of this Report and Order, including the Final Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration.
23. It is further ordered that the Commission shall send a copy of
this Report and Order, to Congress and the Government Accountability
Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 90
Radio.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 90 as follows:
PART 90--PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES
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1. The authority citation for part 90 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161,
303(g), 303(r), 332(c)(7).
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2. Section 90.20 is amended by revising paragraph (d)(80) to read as
follows:
Sec. 90.20 Public Safety Pool.
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(d) * * *
(80) After December 7, 2000 this frequency is available primarily
for public safety interoperability only communications. Stations
licensed prior to December 7, 2000 may continue to use this frequency
on a co-primary basis until January 1, 2005. After January 1, 2005, all
operations will be secondary to co-channel interoperability
communications. Analog FM emission shall exclusively be used for
operation on the VHF and UHF interoperability channels.
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3. Section 90.203 is amended by revising paragraphs (i) and (j)(1) to
read as follows:
Sec. 90.203 Certification required.
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(i) Mobile/portable equipment capable of use in the 806-809/851-854
MHz band segment and submitted for certification thirty or more days
after publication of a summary of the Report and Order, (FCC 16-48,
released April 25, 2016) in PS Docket 13-209 in the Federal Register
must have the capability to operate in the analog FM mode on the mutual
aid channels designated in Sec. 90.617(a)(1) of the rules.
(j) * * *
(1) Applications for certification of mobile and portable equipment
designed to transmit voice on public safety frequencies in the 150-174
MHz or 450-470 MHz band will be granted only if the mobile/portable
equipment is capable of operating in the analog FM mode on the
nationwide public safety interoperability channels in the 150-174 MHz
band or 450-470 MHz band, as appropriate. (See Sec. 90.20(c), (d)(80)
of this part.)
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4. Section 90.210 is amended by adding footnote 6 to the entry for 806-
809/851-854 in the Applicable Emission Masks table to read as follows:
Sec. 90.210 Emission masks.
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Applicable Emission Masks
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Mask for Mask for
equipment with equipment without
Frequency band (MHz) audio low pass audio low pass
filter filter
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806-809/851-854 \6\............... B H
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\6\ Transmitters utilizing analog emissions that are equipped with an
audio low-pass filter must meet Emission Mask B. All transmitters
utilizing digital emissions and those transmitters using analog
emissions without an audio low-pass filter must meet Emission Mask H.
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5. Section 90.617 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as
follows:
Sec. 90.617 Frequencies in the 809.750-824/854.750-869 MHz, and 896-
901/935-940 MHz bands available for trunked, conventional or cellular
system use in non-border areas.
* * * * *
(a) * * *
(1) Channels numbers 1-230 are also available to eligible
applicants in the Public Safety Category in non-border areas. The
assignment of these channels
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will be done in accordance with the policies defined in the Report and
Order in Gen. Docket No. 87-112 (See Sec. 90.16). The following
channels are available only for mutual aid purposes as defined in Gen.
Docket No. 87-112: Channels 1, 39, 77, 115, 153. Mobile and portable
radios operating on the mutual aid channels shall employ analog FM
emission.
* * * * *
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6. Section 90.619 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(5)(i) and
(c)(6)(i) to read as follows:
Sec. 90.619 Operations within the U.S./Mexico and U.S./Canada border
areas.
(a) * * *
(5) * * *
(i) Channel numbers 1-230 are also available to eligible applicants
in the Public Safety Category in the Canada Border Regions. The
assignment of these channels will be done in accordance with the
policies defined in the Report and Order of Gen. Docket No. 87-112 (See
Sec. 90.16). The following channels are available only for mutual aid
purposes as defined in Gen. Docket No. 87-112: Channels 1, 39, 77, 115,
153. Mobile and portable radios operating on the mutual aid channels
shall employ analog FM emission.
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(c) * * *
(6) * * *
(i) Channel numbers 1-230 are also available to eligible applicants
in the Public Safety Category in the Canada Border Regions. The
assignment of these channels will be done in accordance with the
policies defined in the Report and Order of Gen. Docket No. 87-112 (See
Sec. 90.16). The following channels are available only for mutual aid
purposes as defined in Gen. Docket No. 87-112: Channels 1, 39, 77, 115,
153. Mobile and portable radios operating on the mutual aid channels
shall employ analog FM emission.
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