[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 62 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6556]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 15

[ET Docket No. 03-201; FCC 07-56]


Equipment Approval of Modular Transmitters

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 requirements contained in the ``Unlicensed 
Devices and Equipment Approval,'' Report and Order. These new rules 
required modification of the Form 731 Application for Equipment 
Authorization, and contained information collection requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 that were not effective 
until after approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: The effective date for the rule contained in Sec.  15.212 
published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2007 at 72 FR 28889 is 
April 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Brooks, Office of Engineering 
and Technology, (202) 418-2454, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. In a Report and Order, released on April 23, 2007, FCC 07-56, 
published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2007, 72 FR 28889, the 
Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules that required 
modification of the Form 731 Application for Equipment Authorization, 
and contained information collection requirements subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 that were not effective until after 
approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 10, 
2008, OMB approved the new modified information collection requirements 
contained in 47 CFR 15.212. This information collection is assigned OMB 
Control Number 3060-0057.
    2. The Report and Order amended parts 2 and 15 of the Commission's 
rules for unlicensed devices and equipment approval of both existing 
modular transmitter devices and emerging partitioned (or ``split'') 
modular transmitter devices. In addition to obtaining approval from OMB 
as noted, these new rules required software development to modify the 
Form 731 Application for Equipment Authorization. Software development 
to implement the new requirements has been completed, and the revised 
electronic Form 731 approved by OMB can be accessed on the effective 
date of implementation at https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/index.cfm 
(applications filed directly with the FCC) or at https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/tcb/index.html (applications filed by a 
Telecommunications Certification Body acting on behalf of the FCC). The 
public may continue to access the FCC database of authorized equipment 
via the Internet using options presented in the Reports section at 
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/index.cfm. Users experiencing 
problems in accessing the database via the Internet may contact OET at 
[email protected]
    3. This publication satisfies the statement that the Commission 
would publish a document announcing the effective date of the rule 
changes requiring OMB approval.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-6556 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]
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