[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54368-54369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22634]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Draft Test Plan To Obtain Interference Tolerance Masks for GNSS 
Receivers in the L1 Radiofrequency Band (1559-1610 MHz)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to seek comment from interested 
parties regarding a draft test plan that the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT) has developed for the Global Positioning System 
(GPS) Adjacent Band Compatibility Assessment effort.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number [DOT-
OST-2015-0099] 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 Stephen M. Mackey, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Research and Technology; Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; 
Aircraft Wakes and Weather Division, telephone 617-494-2753 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

    In December 2012, DOT developed its GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility 
Assessment Plan that identifies the processes to: (a) Derive adjacent-
band transmitter power limit criteria for assumed new applications 
necessary to ensure continued operation of GPS services, and (b) 
determine similar levels for future GPS receivers utilizing modernized 
GPS and interoperable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) 
signals. The draft test plan outlines the requirements, overall test 
plan, and the associated output data needed to successfully perform 
this component of the GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility assessment.
    DOT has previously held three public workshops to discuss the 
Adjacent Band Compatibility Assessment. Further background, and the 
draft test plan, can be viewed at: http://www.gps.gov/spectrum/ABC/.

Public Participation

    You may submit comments and related material regarding this notice. 
All comments received will be posted, without change, to http://

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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-2015-0099) 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-2015-0099'' 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-2015-0099'' 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 September 2, 2015.
Gregory D. Winfree,
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-22634 Filed 9-8-15; 8:45 am]
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