[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 5241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2095]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 80

[WT Docket No. 04-257 and RM-10743; FCC 10-6]


Maritime Communications

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission or FCC) furthers its ongoing efforts to ensure that its 
rules governing the Maritime Radio Services continue to promote 
maritime safety, maximize effective and efficient use of the spectrum 
available for maritime communications, accommodate technological 
innovation, avoid unnecessary regulatory burdens, and maintain 
consistency with international maritime standards to the extent 
consistent with the United States public interest.

DATES: Effective April 5, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stana Kimball, Mobility Division, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at [email protected] or at 
(202) 418-1306, or TTY (202) 418-7233.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Federal 
Communications Commission's Memorandum Opinion and Order in WT Docket 
No. 04-257, FCC 10-6, adopted on January 6, 2010, and released on 
January 7, 2010. The full text of this document is available for 
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC 
Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The 
complete text may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, 
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554. The full text may also be downloaded at: http://www.fcc.gov. Alternative formats are available to persons with 
disabilities by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or by calling the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).
    1. The WT Docket No. 04-257 rulemaking proceeding was established 
to develop rules to provide to VHF Public Coast (VPC) and Automated 
Maritime Telecommunications System (AMTS) licensees additional 
operational flexibility by permitting them to offer private 
correspondence service to units on land. The Memorandum Opinion and 
Order (MO&O) in WT Docket No. 04-257 addresses the petitions for 
reconsideration of the Report and Order in this proceeding, published 
at 72 FR 31192, June 6, 2007. In the MO&O in WT Docket No. 04-257, the 
Commission amends Sec.  80.385(a)(1) of the its rules by eliminating 
the words ``interconnected'' and ``integrated.'' This action is 
consistent with the identical amendments to Sec. Sec.  80.5 and 
80.475(d) made in the Report and Order in this proceeding.

I. Procedural Matters

A. Paperwork Reduction Act

    2. This document does not contain proposed information 
collection(s) subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new 
or modified ``information collection burden for small business concerns 
with fewer than 25 employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(4).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 80

    Communications equipment, Radio.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison.

Rule Changes

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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission amends 47 CFR part 80 as follows:

PART 80--STATIONS IN THE 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. Amend Sec.  80.385 by revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as follows:


Sec.  80.385  Frequencies for automated systems.

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    (a) * * *
    (1) The Automatic Maritime Communications System (AMTS) is an 
automatic maritime telecommunications system.
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