Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations, 10640-10641 [2018-04875]

Download as PDF 10640 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 48 / Monday, March 12, 2018 / Rules and Regulations Dated: February 20, 2018. Michael M. Grimm, Assistant Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. [FR Doc. 2018–04783 Filed 3–9–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–12–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Parts 15 and 74 [GN Docket No. 14–166, ET Docket No. 14– 165, GN Docket No. 12–268: DA 17–709] Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; 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 associated with the Commission’s Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations, Order (Order)’s Consumer Disclosure and Labeling rules, adopted in 2017. This document is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules. DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) published at 80 FR 71702, November 17, 2015, are effective April 11, 2018. OMB approved the information collection requirements for §§ 15.37(k), 74.851(k), and 74.851(l) on January 18, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Murray, Office of Engineering and Technology Bureau, at (202) 418–0688, or email: Paul.Murray@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 18, 2018, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements relating to the consumer disclosure and labeling rules contained in the Commission’s Wireless Microphones Report and Order (R&O), FCC 15–100 (80 FR 71702, November 17, 2015) (as revised in the Wireless Microphones Order on Reconsideration, FCC 17–95 (82 FR 41549, September 1, 2017)) and the Commission’s Order, DA 17–709, adopted on July 24, 2017, and published elsewhere is this issue of the Federal Register. The OMB Control Number is 3060–1250. The Commission daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with RULES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:01 Mar 09, 2018 Jkt 244001 Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement (disclosure and labeling requirement). Obligation to Respond: Required to provide at time of sale, lease, or distribution. Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 302a, 303(f), 303(g), and 303(r). Total Annual Burden: 31,875 hours. Total Annual Cost: $1,625,000. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No information is requested that would require assurance of confidentiality. Privacy Act: No impact(s). Needs and Uses: On July 24, 2017, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology of the Federal Communications Commission released an Order, Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations, Amendment of part 15 of the Commission’s Rules for Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, Synopsis Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 600 MHz As required by the Paperwork Guard Bands and Duplex Gap, and Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), Channel 37, and, Amendment of part 74 the FCC is notifying the public that it of the Commission’s Rules for Low received final OMB approval on January Power Auxiliary Stations in the 18, 2018, for the information collection Repurposed 600 MHz Band and 600 requirements contained in the MHz Duplex Gap, Expanding the modifications to the Commission’s rules Economic and Innovation Opportunities in 47 CFR parts 15 and 74. of Spectrum Through Incentive Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency Auctions, Order, GN Docket No. 14–166, may not conduct or sponsor a collection ET Docket No. 14–165, and GN Docket of information unless it displays a No. 12–268. In this Order, the Consumer current, valid OMB Control Number. and Governmental Affairs Bureau, No person shall be subject to any Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, penalty for failing to comply with a and the Office of Engineering and collection of information subject to the Technology provided the specific Paperwork Reduction Act that does not Consumer Alert language that must be display a current, valid OMB Control used in the consumer disclosure Number. The OMB Control Number is required by the Commission in its 2015 3060–1250. Wireless Microphones Report and The foregoing notice is required by Order, as set forth in Sections 15.37(k) the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 74.851(l) of the Commission’s rules. Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, As the Order explains, the consumer and 44 U.S.C. 3507. disclosure requirement is applicable to The total annual reporting burdens persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or and costs for the respondents are as offer for sale or lease, wireless follows: microphone or video assist devices to OMB Control Number: 3060–1250. the extent that these devices are capable OMB Approval Date: January 18, of operating on the specific frequencies 2018. associated with the 600 MHz service OMB Expiration Date: January 31, band (617–652 MHz/663–698 MHz). 2021. Title: Sections 15.37(k), 74.851(k), and This disclosure also informs consumers that, consistent with the Commission’s 74.851(l), Consumer Disclosure and decision in the 2015 Wireless Labeling. Microphones Report and Order, wireless Form Number: N/A. microphone users must cease any Respondents: Business or other forwireless microphone operations in the profit, and Not-for-profit institutions. 600 MHz service band no later than July Number of Respondents and 13, 2020, and that in many instances Responses: 5,100 respondents; 127,500 they may be required to cease use of responses. these devices earlier if their use has the Estimated Time per Response: .25 potential to cause harmful interference hours. publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of the specific Consumer Alert language in the consumer disclosure rules. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1–A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060–1250, in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 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 and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\12MRR1.SGM 12MRR1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 48 / Monday, March 12, 2018 / Rules and Regulations to 600 MHz service licensees’ wireless operations in the band. Federal Communications Commission. Julius P. Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology. [FR Doc. 2018–04875 Filed 3–9–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Parts 15 and 74 [GN Docket No. 14–166, ET Docket No. 14– 165, GN Docket No. 12–268: DA 17–709] Consumer Disclosure and Labeling; Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: In this document the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology of the Federal Communications Commission adopt specific language for the consumer disclosures which the Commission adopted in 2015 and which concern the operation of wireless microphone (licensed or unlicensed) or video assist devices capable of operating in the 600 MHz service frequency band. With the close of the incentive auction on April 13, 2017, the 600 MHz service band has been reallocated for new wireless services, and wireless microphones and video assist devices must cease operations in this band no later than July 13, 2020 to avoid harmful interference to new wireless services. This disclosure requirement, including the specific Consumer Alert language, applies to persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, wireless microphones or video assist devices authorized pursuant to and informs consumers of the changes that will affect their use of these devices in the newly established 600 MHz service band. DATES: This rule is effective April 11, 2018. SUMMARY: Paul Murray, Office of Engineering and Technology, 202–418–0688, Paul.Murray@fcc.gov. For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements contained in this document, send an email to PRA@ fcc.gov or contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418–2991. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with RULES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:02 Mar 09, 2018 Jkt 244001 The Commission will not send a CRA for this document because it only constitutes specific language to the consumer disclosure rules that were adopted by the Commission in 2015 in the Wireless Microphones R&O, 80 FR 71702, November 17, 2015, as revised in 2017 in the Wireless Microphones Order on Reconsideration, 82 FR 41549, September 1, 2017. The Commission submitted the Wireless Microphones R&O, which included the rule provisions adopting the consumer disclosure requirements, to Congress, GAO, etc. This document revises the Commission’s rules to provide the specific language consumer disclosure text associated with the previously adopted rules, which the Commission had directed in 2015 that the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau provide once the incentive auction closed. The document implements what the Commission had directed in 2015. This document contains the specific Consumer Alert text associated with new information collection requirements that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. This language was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in November 2017 for review under section 3507(d) of the PRA, and on January 18, 2018, OMB approved this information collection, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. In addition, we note that, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), we previously sought specific comment on how the Commission might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. In this present document, we have assessed the effects of the requirement that entities provide this specified consumer disclosure text with regard to the manufacture, sale, lease, or offer for sale or lease, of wireless microphones that operate in the 600 MHz service band, and find that by allowing such entities—including businesses with fewer than 25 employees—several ways to comply with the consumer disclosure requirement to display this specified text (e.g., providing a label or sticker on a product box, or prominently displaying the text next to the device in a catalogue or electronic sales material), the Commission has effectively minimized the burden of compliance. This is a summary of the Order adopted by the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 10641 and the Office of Engineering and Technology, GN Docket No. 14–166, ET Docket NO. 14–165, GN Docket No. 12– 268, DA 17–709, adopted July 24, 2017 and released July 24, 2017. The full text of this document is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room CY–A257), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. The full text may also be downloaded at: https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/ Daily_Business/2017/db0724/DA-17709A1.pdf. People with Disabilities: 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). Synopsis 1. In this Order, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology provide the specific language that must be used in the consumer disclosure required by the Commission in 2015 in §§ 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) of the Commission’s rules. It is applicable to persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, wireless microphone or video assist devices—either (a) wireless microphones or other low power auxiliary stations (‘‘wireless microphones’’) or video assist devices, authorized pursuant to part 74, Subpart H of the Commission’s rules, or (b) unlicensed wireless microphones authorized pursuant to § 15.236—to the extent that these devices are capable of operating in the 600 MHz service band (617–652 MHz/663–698 MHz). This specific Consumer Alert text in the consumer disclosure rules informs consumers of the specific frequencies associated with the 600 MHz service band and also informs them that wireless microphone users must cease any wireless microphone operations in the 600 MHz service band no later than July 13, 2020. In addition, in many instances the text informs consumers that they may be required to cease use of these devices earlier if their use has the potential to cause harmful interference to 600 MHz service licensees’ wireless operations in the band. 2. On August 5, 2015, the Commission adopted the Wireless Microphones R&O, 80 FR 71702, November 17, 2015, which established various rules applicable to wireless microphones (and other low power auxiliary stations) that operate in the TV bands (which at that time E:\FR\FM\12MRR1.SGM 12MRR1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10640-10641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04875]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 15 and 74

[GN Docket No. 14-166, ET Docket No. 14-165, GN Docket No. 12-268: DA 
17-709]


Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's Promoting 
Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations, Order (Order)'s 
Consumer Disclosure and Labeling rules, adopted in 2017. This document 
is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would 
publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective 
date of those rules.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) published at 80 
FR 71702, November 17, 2015, are effective April 11, 2018. OMB approved 
the information collection requirements for Sec. Sec.  15.37(k), 
74.851(k), and 74.851(l) on January 18, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Murray, Office of Engineering and 
Technology Bureau, at (202) 418-0688, or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on January 18, 
2018, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the consumer disclosure and 
labeling rules contained in the Commission's Wireless Microphones 
Report and Order (R&O), FCC 15-100 (80 FR 71702, November 17, 2015) (as 
revised in the Wireless Microphones Order on Reconsideration, FCC 17-95 
(82 FR 41549, September 1, 2017)) and the Commission's Order, DA 17-
709, adopted on July 24, 2017, and published elsewhere is this issue of 
the Federal Register. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1250. The 
Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective 
date of the specific Consumer Alert language in the consumer disclosure 
rules. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, 
or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any 
burdens caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-A620, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1250, in your 
correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email 
at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on January 18, 2018, for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR parts 15 and 74.
    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 current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-1250.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1250.
    OMB Approval Date: January 18, 2018.
    OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2021.
    Title: Sections 15.37(k), 74.851(k), and 74.851(l), Consumer 
Disclosure and Labeling.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,100 respondents; 127,500 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement 
(disclosure and labeling requirement).
    Obligation to Respond: Required to provide at time of sale, lease, 
or distribution. Statutory authority for this collection of information 
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 302a, 303(f), 
303(g), and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 31,875 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $1,625,000.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No information is requested 
that would require assurance of confidentiality.
    Privacy Act: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On July 24, 2017, the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of 
Engineering and Technology of the Federal Communications Commission 
released an Order, Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone 
Operations, Amendment of part 15 of the Commission's Rules for 
Unlicensed Operations in the Television Bands, Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 
600 MHz Guard Bands and Duplex Gap, and Channel 37, and, Amendment of 
part 74 of the Commission's Rules for Low Power Auxiliary Stations in 
the Repurposed 600 MHz Band and 600 MHz Duplex Gap, Expanding the 
Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive 
Auctions, Order, GN Docket No. 14-166, ET Docket No. 14-165, and GN 
Docket No. 12-268. In this Order, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of 
Engineering and Technology provided the specific Consumer Alert 
language that must be used in the consumer disclosure required by the 
Commission in its 2015 Wireless Microphones Report and Order, as set 
forth in Sections 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) of the Commission's rules. As 
the Order explains, the consumer disclosure requirement is applicable 
to persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, 
wireless microphone or video assist devices to the extent that these 
devices are capable of operating on the specific frequencies associated 
with the 600 MHz service band (617-652 MHz/663-698 MHz). This 
disclosure also informs consumers that, consistent with the 
Commission's decision in the 2015 Wireless Microphones Report and 
Order, wireless microphone users must cease any wireless microphone 
operations in the 600 MHz service band no later than July 13, 2020, and 
that in many instances they may be required to cease use of these 
devices earlier if their use has the potential to cause harmful 
interference

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to 600 MHz service licensees' wireless operations in the band.

Federal Communications Commission.
Julius P. Knapp,
Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018-04875 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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