[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44471-44472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16892]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 80

[PR Docket No. 92-257; RM-9664; DA 04-1608]


Amendment of the Commission's Rules Concerning Maritime 
Communications

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations 
which were published in the Federal Register of Thursday, July 25, 2002 
(67 FR 48560). The regulations related to licensing of Automated 
Maritime Telecommunication System stations.

DATES: Effective July 26, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot Stone, Public Safety and Critical 
Infrastructure Division at (202) 418-0680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulations determined that unassigned Automated Maritime 
Telecommunications System spectrum would be made available for 
licensing throughout the United States by ten Automated Maritime 
Telecommunications System Areas (AMTSAs). Each AMTSA consists of one or 
more of the 174 Economic Areas (EAs) or EA-like areas in International 
Telecommunication Region 2--i.e., the 172 EAs specified by the 
Department of Commerce and the Commission-created EA-like areas for 
Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands (EA 174) and the Gulf 
of Mexico (EA 176). However, Sec.  80.385(a)(3) of the Commission's 
Rules did not include a reference to the perimeter of EA 176.

Need for Correction

    As published, Sec.  80.385(a)(3) does not refer to the perimeter of 
EA 176, which may prove to be misleading and needs to be clarified. In 
addition, the second column of the table in Sec.  80.385(a)(2), as 
published in the Federal Register was misaligned, beginning with 
Channel 149, and needs to be corrected.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 80

    Communications equipment, Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

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


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Accordingly, 47 CFR part 80 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments.

PART 80--MARITIME SERVICES

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1. The authority citation for part 80 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 4, 303, 307(e), 309, and 332, 48 Stat. 1066, 
1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307(e), 309, and 332, unless 
otherwise noted. Interpret or apply 48 Stat. 1064-1068, 1081-1105, 
as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 UST 3450, 3 UST 4726, 12 
UST 2377.


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2. Revise paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of Sec.  80.385 to read as 
follows:


Sec.  80.385  Frequencies for automated systems.

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    (a) * * *
    (2) The following carrier frequencies are available for assignment 
to public coast stations for public correspondence communications with 
ship stations and units on land. AMTS operations must not cause harmful 
interference to the U.S. Navy SPASUR system which operates in the band 
216.880-217.080 MHz.

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                                          Carrier frequency (MHz)
                                  --------------------------------------
           Channel No.                 Ship        Coast
                                    transmit 1    transmit      Group
                                        3           \2\
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101..............................  ...........     216.0125  D
102..............................  ...........     216.0375  ...........
103..............................  ...........     216.0625  ...........
104..............................  ...........     216.0875  ...........
105..............................  ...........     216.1125  ...........
106..............................  ...........     216.1375  ...........
107..............................  ...........     216.1625  ...........
108..............................  ...........     216.1875  ...........
109..............................  ...........     216.2125  ...........
110..............................  ...........     216.2375  ...........
111..............................  ...........     216.2625  ...........
112..............................  ...........     216.2875  ...........
113..............................  ...........     216.3125  ...........
114..............................  ...........     216.3375  ...........
115..............................  ...........     216.3625  ...........
116..............................  ...........     216.3875  ...........
117..............................  ...........     216.4125  ...........
118..............................  ...........     216.4375  ...........
119..............................  ...........     216.4625  ...........
120..............................  ...........     216.4875  ...........
121..............................  ...........     216.5125  C
122..............................  ...........     216.5375  ...........
123..............................  ...........     216.5625  ...........
124..............................  ...........     216.5875  ...........
125..............................  ...........     216.6125  ...........
126..............................  ...........     216.6375  ...........
127..............................  ...........     216.6625  ...........
128..............................  ...........     216.6875  ...........
129..............................  ...........     216.7125  ...........
130..............................  ...........     216.7375  ...........
131..............................  ...........     216.7625  ...........
132..............................  ...........     216.7875  ...........
133..............................  ...........     216.8125  ...........
134..............................  ...........     216.8375  ...........
135..............................  ...........     216.8625  ...........
136..............................  ...........     216.8875  ...........
137..............................  ...........     216.9125  ...........
138..............................  ...........     216.9375  ...........
139..............................  ...........     216.9625  ...........
140..............................  ...........     216.9875  ...........
141..............................     219.0125     217.0125  B
142..............................     219.0375     217.0375
143..............................     219.0625     217.0625  ...........
144..............................     219.0875     217.0875  ...........
145..............................     219.1125     217.1125  ...........
146..............................     219.1375     217.1375  ...........
147..............................     219.1625     217.1625  ...........
148..............................     219.1875     217.1875  ...........
149..............................     219.2125     217.2125  ...........
150..............................     219.2375     217.2375
151..............................     219.2625     217.2625  ...........
152..............................     219.2875     217.2875  ...........
153..............................     219.3125     217.3125  ...........

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154..............................     219.3375     217.3375  ...........
155..............................     219.3625     217.3625  ...........
156..............................     219.3875     217.3875  ...........
157..............................     219.4125     217.4125  ...........
158..............................     219.4375     217.4375  ...........
159..............................     219.4625     217.4625  ...........
160..............................     219.4875     217.4875  ...........
161..............................     219.5125     217.5125  A
162..............................     219.5375     217.5375
163..............................     219.5625     217.5625  ...........
164..............................     219.5875     217.5875  ...........
165..............................     219.6125     217.6125  ...........
166..............................     219.6375     217.6375  ...........
167..............................     219.6625     217.6625  ...........
168..............................     219.6875     217.6875  ...........
169..............................     219.7125     217.7125  ...........
170..............................     219.7375     217.7375  ...........
171..............................     219.7625     217.7625  ...........
172..............................     219.7875     217.7875  ...........
173..............................     219.8125     217.8125  ...........
174..............................     219.8375     217.8375  ...........
175..............................     219.8625     217.8625  ...........
176..............................     219.8875     217.8875  ...........
177..............................     219.9125     217.9125  ...........
178..............................     219.9375     217.9375  ...........
179..............................     219.9625     217.9625  ...........
180..............................     219.9875     217.9875  ...........
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\1\ Ship transmit frequencies in Groups C and D are not authorized for
  AMTS use.
\2\ Coast station operation on frequencies in Groups C and D are not
  currently assignable and are shared on a secondary basis with the Low
  Power Radio Service in part 95 of this chapter. Frequencies in the
  band 216.750-217.000 MHz band are available for low power point-to-
  point network control communications by AMTS coast stations under the
  Low Power Radio Service (LPRS). LPRS operations are subject to the
  conditions that no harmful interference is caused to the United States
  Navy's SPASUR radar system (216.88-217.08 MHz) or to TV reception
  within the Grade B contour of any TV channel 13 station or within the
  68 dBu predicted contour of any low power TV or TV translator station
  operating on channel 13.
\3\ Ship transmit frequencies in Groups A and B are permitted to provide
  mobile-to-mobile communications where the written consent of all
  affected licensees is obtained.

    (3) As listed in the table in this paragraph, AMTS Areas (AMTSAs) 
are based on, and composed of one or more of, the U.S Department of 
Commerce's 172 Economic Areas (EAs). See 60 FR 13114 (March 10, 1995). 
In addition, the Commission shall treat Puerto Rico, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the Gulf of Mexico as EA-like areas. The Gulf of 
Mexico EA extends from 12 nautical miles off the United States Gulf 
coast outward into the Gulf. See Sec.  27.6(a)(2) of this chapter and 
62 FR 9636. Maps of the EAs and AMTSAs are available for public 
inspection and copying at the Federal Communications Commission, 
Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY A257, Washington, DC 
20554. These maps and data are also available on the FCC Web site at 
www.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/areas/. The Group A and B frequency pairs 
listed in the table in paragraph (a)(2) of this section are available 
for assignment to a single licensee in each of the AMTSAs listed in the 
table in this paragraph. In addition to the listed EAs listed in the 
table in this paragraph, each AMTSA also includes the adjacent waters 
under the jurisdiction of the United States.

                           AMTS areas (AMTSAs)
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                  AMTSAs                                EAs
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1 (Northern Atlantic)....................  1-5, 10 9, 11-23, 25, 42, 46
2 (Mid-Atlantic).........................  24, 26-34, 37, 38, 40, 41,
                                            174
3 (Southern Atlantic)....................  35, 36, 39, 43-45, 47-53, 67-
                                            107, 113, 116-120, 122- 125,
                                            127, 130-134, 176 6-8, 54-
                                            66, 108, 109
4 (Mississippi River)....................  160-165 147, 166-170
5 (Great Lakes)..........................  172
6 (Southern Pacific).....................  171 110-112, 114-115, 121,
                                            126, 128, 129, 135-146, 148-
                                            159
7 (Northern Pacific)
8 (Hawaii)
9 (Alaska)
10 (Mountain)
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