[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9113-9114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4265]


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47 CFR Parts 15 and 74

[WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, and ET Docket No. 10-24; FCC 10-16]


Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest Spectrum 
Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital Television 
Transition; Public Information Collection Approved by Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective dates.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for public information 
collection 3060-1135 pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is 
not required to respond to a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid control number. This document announces the 
effective dates, of the rules previously published in the Federal 
Register, affected by this public information collection.

DATES: The following rules, originally published in the Federal 
Register 75 FR 3622, January 22, 2010, have been approved by OMB and 
are effective as follows: Sec. Sec.  15.216, 74.802(e)(2) and 
74.851(i), effective March 1, 2010; Sec.  74.851(h), effective April 
15, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Stafford, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0563, e-mail [email protected] 
or Hugh L. Van Tuyl, Office of Engineering and Technology, (202) 418-
7506, e-mail [email protected].
    People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible 
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic 
files, audio format), send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060-1135

Expiration Date: 08/31/2010

    Title: Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations (Wireless Microphones).
    Estimated Annual Burden: $1,625,000 total annual cost; 32,924 total 
annual hours.
    Needs and Uses: In the Report and Order \1\ in WT Docket No. 08-
166, WT Docket No. 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24, FCC 10-16, adopted 
January 14, 2010 and released on January 15, 2010, the Federal 
Communications Commission (``Commission'') modified the rules 
authorizing the operation of low power auxiliary stations (wireless 
microphones). The Report and Order requires all wireless microphones to 
cease operations in the 700 MHz Band (698-806 MHz) no later than June 
12, 2010, making the band available for use by public safety entities 
such as police, fire, emergency services, and commercial licensees. To 
effectuate the Commission's plan to clear wireless microphones from the 
700 MHz Band, the Report and Order provides an early clearing mechanism 
for the 700 MHz Band; requires that any person who manufactures 
wireless microphones or sells, leases, or offers them for sale or lease 
must display a disclosure at the point of sale or lease that informs 
consumers of the conditions that apply to the operation of wireless 
microphones in the core TV bands; and requires any person who 
manufactures, sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease, wireless 
microphones capable of operating in the 700 MHz Band that are destined 
for non U.S. markets, to include labeling that makes clear that the 
devices cannot be operated in the United States. In a related order 
under delegated authority,\2\ the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal 
Communications Commission have adopted the specific

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text that must be used in the consumer disclosure at the point of sale.
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    \1\ Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest Spectrum 
Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital Television 
Transition; Amendment of Parts 15, 74 and 90 of the Commission's 
Rules Regarding Low Power Auxiliary Stations, Including Wireless 
Microphones, WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24, 
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 10-
16 (rel. January 15, 2010); 75 FR 3622 (January 22, 2010).
    \2\ Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest Spectrum 
Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital Television 
Transition; Amendment of Parts 15, 74 and 90 of the Commission's 
Rules Regarding Low Power Auxiliary Stations, Including Wireless 
Microphones, WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24, 
Order, DA 10-92 (rel. January 15, 2010); 75 FR 3639 (January 22, 
2010).
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    On January 22, 2010, the Commission requested emergency approval of 
the information collection requirements from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB).\3\ On February 17, 2010, the Commission received OMB 
approval. The OMB control number for this collection is 3060-1135. This 
information collection will be used to ensure that these microphones do 
not continue to be used or continue to be made available for use in the 
United States in the 700 MHz Band, in contravention of the steps taken 
by the Commission to make the 700 MHz Band available for use by public 
safety entities and commercial licensees, and to provide them a home in 
the core TV spectrum.
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    \3\ See Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being 
Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Comments Requested, 75 FR 3731 (January 22, 2010).

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2010-4265 Filed 2-25-10; 4:15 pm]
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