[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 69 (Friday, April 9, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18832-18833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8050]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 2

[DA 04-687]


Non-Substantive Revision to the Table of Frequency Allocation

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document revises the Commission's Table of Frequency 
Allocations. Specifically, it reinstates a revised version of footnote 
US269. The reinstated footnote serves a valuable informational purpose 
in that it will alert the public as to the locations of radio astronomy 
observatories and will provide contact information so that reasonable 
steps may be taken to protect these observatories from harmful 
interference.

DATES: Effective April 9, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Mooring, Office of Engineering and 
Technology, (202) 418-2450.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order, 
DA 04-687, adopted March 15, 2004, and released March 16, 2004. The 
full text of this document is available on the Commission's Internet 
site at www.fcc.gov. It is also available for inspection and copying 
during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room CY-
A257), 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The full text of 
this document also may be purchased from the Commission's duplication 
contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12th St., SW., Room 
CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554; telephone (202) 863-2893; fax (202) 863-
2898; e-mail [email protected].

Summary of the Order

    1. On November 4, 2003, the Commission released a Report and Order 
in ET Docket No. 02-305, FCC 03-269, 68 FR 74322, December 23, 2003, 
that removed in its entirety footnote US269 from the Table of Frequency 
Allocations in the Commission's rules (47 CFR 2.106, footnote US269). 
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) 
of the U.S. Department of Commerce requested, in a letter dated March 
12, 2004, that we reinstate a revised version of footnote US269 in the 
Commission's rules. We agree with NTIA that reinstatement of the 
footnote, as amended, serves a valuable informational purpose; that is, 
the footnote would alert the public as to the locations of radio 
astronomy observatories that observe in the band 2655-2690 MHz on a 
secondary basis and would provide contact information so that 
reasonable steps may be taken to protect these observatories from 
harmful interference.
    2. Consequently, footnote US269 is added to the United States Table 
of Frequency Allocations for the band 2655-2690 MHz, as described in 
the rules. This change is informational, and not substantive, in 
nature.
    3. Pursuant to sections 0.31 and 0.241 of the Commission's rules on 
delegated authority, 47 CFR 0.31 and 0.241, footnote US269 is added to 
the Table of Frequency Allocations, 47 CFR 2.106, as stated in the 
Order, effective April 9, 2004.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 2

    Radio.

    Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.

Rule Changes

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 2 as follows:

PART 2--FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; GENERAL 
RULES AND REGULATIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 2 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, and 336, unless otherwise 
noted.


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2. Section 2.106, the Table of Frequency Allocations, is amended as 
follows:
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a. Revise page 53.
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b. In the list of United States (US) Footnotes, add footnote US269.
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


Sec.  2.106  Table of Frequency Allocations.

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    UNITED STATES (US) FOOTNOTES
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    US269 In the band 2655-2690 MHz, radio astronomy observations are 
performed at the locations listed in US311. Licensees are urged to 
coordinate their systems through the Electromagnetic Spectrum 
Management Unit, Division of Astronomical Sciences, National Science 
Foundation, Room 1030, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 2230.
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