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for a period of at least one year after
license expiration.
(a)(2) For Spectrum Horizons
experimental radio stations, the licensee
is solely responsible for retaining the
current authorization as a permanent
part of the station records but need not
be posted. Station records are required
to be kept for a period of at least one
year after license expiration.
§ 5.702 Licensing Requirement—
Necessary Showing
Each application must include a
narrative statement describing in detail
how its experiment could lead to the
development of innovative devices and/
or services on frequencies above 95 GHz
and describe, as applicable, its plans for
marketing such devices. This statement
must sufficiently explain the proposed
new technology/potential new service
and incorporate an interference analysis
that explains how the proposed
experiment would not cause harmful
interference to other services. The
statement should include technical
details, including the requested
frequency band(s), maximum power,
emission designators, area(s) of
operation, and type(s) of device(s) to be
used.
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§ 5.703 Responsible Party
(a) Each Spectrum Horizons
experimental radio applicant must
identify a single point of contact
responsible for all experiments
conducted under the license and
ensuring compliance with all applicable
FCC rules.
(b) The responsible individual will
serve as the initial point of contact for
all matters involving interference
resolution and must have the authority
to discontinue any and all experiments
being conducted under the license, if
necessary.
(c) The license application must
include the name of the responsible
individual and contact information at
which the person can be reached at any
time of the day; this information will be
listed on the license. Licensees are
required to keep this information
current.
§ 5.704 Marketing of Devices Under
Spectrum Horizons Experimental Radio
Licenses
Unless otherwise stated in the
instrument of authorization, devices
operating in accordance with a
Spectrum Horizons experimental radio
license may be marketed subject to the
following conditions:
(a) Marketing of devices (as defined in
§ 2.803 of this chapter) and provision of
services for hire is permitted before the
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radio frequency device has been
authorized by the Commission.
(b) Licensees are required to ensure
that experimental devices are either
rendered inoperable or retrieved by
them from trial participants at the
conclusion of the trial. Licensees are
required to notify experiment
participants in advance of the trial that
operation of the experimental device is
subject to this condition. Each device
sold under this program must be labeled
as ‘‘Authorized Under An Experimental
License and May be Subject to Further
Conditions Including Termination of
Operation’’ and carry a licensee
assigned equipment ID number.
(c) The size and scope of operations
under a Spectrum Horizons
experimental license are subject to
limitations as the Commission shall
establish on a case-by-case basis.
§ 5.705
Interim report
Licensee must submit to the
Commission an interim progress report
5 years after grant of its license. If a
licensee requests non-disclosure of
proprietary information, requests shall
follow the procedures for submission set
forth in § 0.459 of this chapter.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
SUMMARY:
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quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before June 1, 2020.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0057
Title: Application for Equipment
Authorization, FCC Form 731
Form Number: FCC 731
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 11,305 respondents; 24,873
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8.11
hours (rounded).
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement and third-party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in the 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301,
302, 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 201,603 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $50,155,140.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
The personally identifiable information
(PII) in this information collection is
covered by a Privacy Impact Assessment
(PIA), Equipment Authorizations
Records and Files Information System.
It is posted at: https://www.fcc.gov/
general/privacy-act-information#pia.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Minimal exemption from the Freedom
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of Information Act (FOIA) under 5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and FCC rules under 47
CFR 0.457(d) is granted for trade secrets
which may be submitted as attachments
to the application FCC Form 731. No
other assurances of confidentiality are
provided to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this revised information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) after this 60-day
comment period to obtain the three-year
clearance. The Commission is reporting
program changes, increases to this
information collection.
As the Commission notes above, the
total number of respondents, total
number of responses annually, the total
annual hourly burden, and the total
annual costs have been updated because
of the continuing growth in applications
for Certification, streamlining of the
application information and combining
of different information collection
requests. With operations in the new
frequencies formed under Section
15.258 the burden hours for the
applicants have increased from 201,450
hours to 201,603. However, the
additional Applications that will be
filed per the frequencies will become
the total burden hours for applicants to
$50,155,140 from $50,110,000.
On March 15, 2019, the Commission
adopted a First Report and Order, in ET
Docket No. 18–2; FCC 19–19, which
involves updates to 47 CFR part 15,—
‘‘Radio Frequency Devices,’’ to provide
permit certain operations above 95
GHz.1 Among other things, the
Spectrum Horizons Order made specific
frequencies above 95 GHz available for
the operation of radiofrequency devices
without a license. Such devices are
subject to the certification process of the
Commission’s equipment authorization
program. Accordingly, 47 CFR was
amended to include a new Section
15.258 as follows:
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§ 15.258 Operation in the bands 116–123
GHz, 174.8–182 GHz, 185–190 GHz and 244–
246 GHz.
(a) Operation on board an aircraft or
a satellite is prohibited.
(b) Emission levels within the 116–
123 GHz, 174.8–182 GHz, 185–190 GHz
and 244–246 GHz bands shall not
exceed the following equivalent
isotropically radiated power (EIRP)
limits as measured during the transmit
interval:
(1) The average power of any emission
shall not exceed 40 dBm and the peak
power of any emission shall not exceed
43 dBm; or
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(2) For fixed point-to-point
transmitters located outdoors, the
average power of any emission shall not
exceed 82 dBm and shall be reduced by
2 dB for every dB that the antenna gain
is less than 51 dBi. The peak power of
any emission shall not exceed 85 dBm
and shall be reduced by 2 dB for every
dB that the antenna gain is less than 51
dBi. The provisions in this paragraph
for reducing transmit power based on
antenna gain shall not require that the
power levels be reduced below the
limits specified in paragraph (b)(1) of
this section.
(3) The peak power shall be measured
with a detection bandwidth that
encompasses the entire occupied
bandwidth within the intended band of
operation, e.g., 116–123 GHz, 174.8–182
GHz, 185–190 GHz or 244–246 GHz.
The average emission levels shall be
measured over the actual time period
during which transmission occurs.
(4) Transmitters with an emission
bandwidth of less than 100 MHz must
limit their peak radiated power to the
product of the maximum permissible
radiated power (in milliwatts) times
their emission bandwidth divided by
100 MHz. For the purposes of this
paragraph, emission bandwidth is
defined as the instantaneous frequency
range occupied by a steady state
radiated signal with modulation,
outside which the radiated power
spectral density never exceeds 6 dB
below the maximum radiated power
spectral density in the band, as
measured with a 100 kHz resolution
bandwidth spectrum analyzer. The
center frequency must be stationary
during the measurement interval, even
if not stationary during normal
operation (e.g., for frequency hopping
devices).
(c) Limits on spurious emissions:
(1) The power density of any
emissions outside the band of operation,
e.g., 116–123 GHz, 174.8–182 GHz, 185–
190 GHz or 244–246 GHz, shall consist
solely of spurious emissions.
(2) Radiated emissions below 40 GHz
shall not exceed the general limits in
§ 15.209.
(3) Between 40 GHz and the highest
frequency specified in § 15.33, the level
of these emissions shall not exceed 90
pW/cm2 at a distance of 3 meters.
(4) The levels of the spurious
emissions shall not exceed the level of
the fundamental emission.
(d) Frequency stability. Fundamental
emissions must be contained within the
frequency bands specified in this
section during all conditions of
operation. Equipment is presumed to
operate over the temperature range ¥20
to + 50 degrees Celsius with an input
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voltage variation of 85% to 115% of
rated input voltage, unless justification
is presented to demonstrate otherwise.
(e) Regardless of the power density
levels permitted under this section,
devices operating under the provisions
of this section are subject to the
radiofrequency radiation exposure
requirements specified in §§ 1.1307(b),
2.1091 and 2.1093 of this chapter, as
appropriate. Applications for equipment
authorization of devices operating under
this section must contain a statement
confirming compliance with these
requirements for both fundamental
emissions and unwanted emissions.
Technical information showing the
basis for this statement must be
submitted to the Commission upon
request.
(f) Any transmitter that has received
the necessary FCC equipment
authorization under the rules of this
chapter may be mounted in a group
installation for simultaneous operation
with one or more other transmitter(s)
that have received the necessary FCC
equipment authorization, without any
additional equipment authorization.
However, no transmitter operating
under the provisions of this section may
be equipped with external phaselocking inputs that permit beam-forming
arrays to be realized.
(g) Measurement procedures that have
been found to be acceptable to the
Commission in accordance with § 2.947
of this chapter may be used to
demonstrate compliance.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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Open Commission Meeting by
Teleconference, Tuesday, March 31,
2020
March 24, 2020.
The Federal Communications
Commission will hold an Open Meeting
on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m.
Due to the current COVID–19 pandemic
and related agency telework and
headquarters access policies, this
meeting will be in a wholly electronic
format and will be open to the public on
the internet via live feed from the FCC’s
web page at www.fcc.gov/live and on the
FCC’s YouTube channel. Because of
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0057; FRS 16595]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collections. Comments are
requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA
that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 1,
2020. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0057
Title: Application for Equipment Authorization, FCC Form 731
Form Number: FCC 731
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 11,305 respondents; 24,873
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8.11 hours (rounded).
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the
47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 201,603 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $50,155,140.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. The personally identifiable
information (PII) in this information collection is covered by a
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Equipment Authorizations Records and
Files Information System. It is posted at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information#pia.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Minimal exemption from the
Freedom
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of Information Act (FOIA) under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and FCC rules under
47 CFR 0.457(d) is granted for trade secrets which may be submitted as
attachments to the application FCC Form 731. No other assurances of
confidentiality are provided to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this revised information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60-
day comment period to obtain the three-year clearance. The Commission
is reporting program changes, increases to this information collection.
As the Commission notes above, the total number of respondents,
total number of responses annually, the total annual hourly burden, and
the total annual costs have been updated because of the continuing
growth in applications for Certification, streamlining of the
application information and combining of different information
collection requests. With operations in the new frequencies formed
under Section 15.258 the burden hours for the applicants have increased
from 201,450 hours to 201,603. However, the additional Applications
that will be filed per the frequencies will become the total burden
hours for applicants to $50,155,140 from $50,110,000.
On March 15, 2019, the Commission adopted a First Report and Order,
in ET Docket No. 18-2; FCC 19-19, which involves updates to 47 CFR part
15,--``Radio Frequency Devices,'' to provide permit certain operations
above 95 GHz.\1\ Among other things, the Spectrum Horizons Order made
specific frequencies above 95 GHz available for the operation of
radiofrequency devices without a license. Such devices are subject to
the certification process of the Commission's equipment authorization
program. Accordingly, 47 CFR was amended to include a new Section
15.258 as follows:
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Sec. 15.258 Operation in the bands 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-
190 GHz and 244-246 GHz.
(a) Operation on board an aircraft or a satellite is prohibited.
(b) Emission levels within the 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190
GHz and 244-246 GHz bands shall not exceed the following equivalent
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) limits as measured during the
transmit interval:
(1) The average power of any emission shall not exceed 40 dBm and
the peak power of any emission shall not exceed 43 dBm; or
(2) For fixed point-to-point transmitters located outdoors, the
average power of any emission shall not exceed 82 dBm and shall be
reduced by 2 dB for every dB that the antenna gain is less than 51 dBi.
The peak power of any emission shall not exceed 85 dBm and shall be
reduced by 2 dB for every dB that the antenna gain is less than 51 dBi.
The provisions in this paragraph for reducing transmit power based on
antenna gain shall not require that the power levels be reduced below
the limits specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
(3) The peak power shall be measured with a detection bandwidth
that encompasses the entire occupied bandwidth within the intended band
of operation, e.g., 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190 GHz or 244-246
GHz. The average emission levels shall be measured over the actual time
period during which transmission occurs.
(4) Transmitters with an emission bandwidth of less than 100 MHz
must limit their peak radiated power to the product of the maximum
permissible radiated power (in milliwatts) times their emission
bandwidth divided by 100 MHz. For the purposes of this paragraph,
emission bandwidth is defined as the instantaneous frequency range
occupied by a steady state radiated signal with modulation, outside
which the radiated power spectral density never exceeds 6 dB below the
maximum radiated power spectral density in the band, as measured with a
100 kHz resolution bandwidth spectrum analyzer. The center frequency
must be stationary during the measurement interval, even if not
stationary during normal operation (e.g., for frequency hopping
devices).
(c) Limits on spurious emissions:
(1) The power density of any emissions outside the band of
operation, e.g., 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190 GHz or 244-246
GHz, shall consist solely of spurious emissions.
(2) Radiated emissions below 40 GHz shall not exceed the general
limits in Sec. 15.209.
(3) Between 40 GHz and the highest frequency specified in Sec.
15.33, the level of these emissions shall not exceed 90 pW/cm\2\ at a
distance of 3 meters.
(4) The levels of the spurious emissions shall not exceed the level
of the fundamental emission.
(d) Frequency stability. Fundamental emissions must be contained
within the frequency bands specified in this section during all
conditions of operation. Equipment is presumed to operate over the
temperature range -20 to + 50 degrees Celsius with an input voltage
variation of 85% to 115% of rated input voltage, unless justification
is presented to demonstrate otherwise.
(e) Regardless of the power density levels permitted under this
section, devices operating under the provisions of this section are
subject to the radiofrequency radiation exposure requirements specified
in Sec. Sec. 1.1307(b), 2.1091 and 2.1093 of this chapter, as
appropriate. Applications for equipment authorization of devices
operating under this section must contain a statement confirming
compliance with these requirements for both fundamental emissions and
unwanted emissions. Technical information showing the basis for this
statement must be submitted to the Commission upon request.
(f) Any transmitter that has received the necessary FCC equipment
authorization under the rules of this chapter may be mounted in a group
installation for simultaneous operation with one or more other
transmitter(s) that have received the necessary FCC equipment
authorization, without any additional equipment authorization. However,
no transmitter operating under the provisions of this section may be
equipped with external phase-locking inputs that permit beam-forming
arrays to be realized.
(g) Measurement procedures that have been found to be acceptable to
the Commission in accordance with Sec. 2.947 of this chapter may be
used to demonstrate compliance.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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