[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15268-15269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06538]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capability;
Notice; Request for Public Comments
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to seek comment from the public
and industry regarding potential plans by the United States Government
to implement an enhanced Long Range Navigation (eLoran) system as a
complementary positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capability to
the Global Positioning System (GPS). The positioning, navigation, and
timing performance of eLoran will vary widely depending on the number
of transmitters and monitor sites for corrections that are implemented.
The Department of Transportation seeks input on: (a) A brief
description of your application(s) of positioning, navigation, and
timing services; (b) the positioning, navigation, and/or timing
performance required for a complementary PNT capability to
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support operations during a disruption of GPS that could last for
longer than a day, (c) availability and coverage area required for a
complementary PNT capability, (d) willingness to equip with an eLoran
receiver to reduce or prevent operational and/or economic consequences
from a GPS disruption, (e) current and planned availability of e-Loran
capable user equipment, (f) other non-eLoran PNT technologies or
operational procedures, currently available or planned, that could be
used during a disruption of GPS for longer than a day.
DATES: Submit comments on or before May 22, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number [DOT-
OST-2015-0053] using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Public Participation'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below for instructions on submitting comments.
Confidential Business Information: If you wish to submit any
information under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit three
copies of your complete submission, including the information you claim
to be confidential business information, to the address given below
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you should submit a
copy from which you have deleted the claimed confidential business
information to the docket. When you send a comment containing
information identified as confidential business information, you should
include a cover letter setting forth the reasons you believe the
information qualifies as ``confidential business information''. (49 CFR
7.17)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
contact Karen L. Van Dyke, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology Administration; Director, Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing and Spectrum Management, telephone 202-366-3180
or email [email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
The United States Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
policy requires that the Department of Transportation in coordination
with the Department of Homeland Security, develop, acquire, operate,
and maintain backup positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities
that can support critical transportation, homeland security, and other
critical civil and commercial infrastructure applications within the
United States, in the event of a disruption of the Global Positioning
System or other space-based positioning, navigation, and timing
services. The United States Government is currently investigating
implementation of an eLoran system to serve as a complementary PNT
capability to GPS. The positioning, navigation, and timing performance
of eLoran will vary widely depending on the number of transmitters and
monitor sites for corrections that are implemented.
The Department of Transportation seeks input on: (a) A brief
description of your application(s) of positioning, navigation, and
timing services; (b) the positioning, navigation, and/or timing
performance required for a complementary PNT capability during a
disruption of GPS that could last for longer than a day, (c)
availability and coverage area required for a complementary PNT
capability, (d) willingness to equip with an eLoran receiver to reduce
or prevent operational and/or economic consequences from a GPS
disruption, (e) current and planned availability of e-Loran capable
user equipment,(f) other non-eLoran PNT technologies or operational
procedures, currently available or planned, that could be used during a
disruption of GPS for longer than a day.
Public Participation
You may submit comments and related material regarding this notice.
All comments received will be posted, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have
provided.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the
docket number for this notice (DOT-OST-2015-0053) and provide a reason
for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and
material online or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only
one of these means. We recommend that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body of
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding
your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov and
use ``DOT-OST-2015-0053'' as your search term. Locate this notice in
the results and click the corresponding ``Comment Now'' box to submit
your comment. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by
mail and would like to know that they reached the docket, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.
We will consider all comments and material received during the
comment period.
Viewing the comments: To view comments, as well as documents
mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov and use ``DOT-OST-2015-0053'' as your search term.
Use the filters on the left side of the page to highlight ``Public
Submissions'' or other document types. If you do not have access to the
Internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a
Privacy Act system of records notice regarding our public dockets in
the January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2015.
Gregory D. Winfree,
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-06538 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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