[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 62 (Tuesday, March 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17879-17880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06593]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0057; FRS 16595]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collections. Comments are 
requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees.
    The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA 
that does not display a valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 1, 
2020. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find 
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0057
    Title: Application for Equipment Authorization, FCC Form 731
    Form Number: FCC 731
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 11,305 respondents; 24,873 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8.11 hours (rounded).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in the 
47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f) and 303(r).
    Total Annual Burden: 201,603 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $50,155,140.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. The personally identifiable 
information (PII) in this information collection is covered by a 
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Equipment Authorizations Records and 
Files Information System. It is posted at: https://www.fcc.gov/general/privacy-act-information#pia.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Minimal exemption from the 
Freedom

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of Information Act (FOIA) under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and FCC rules under 
47 CFR 0.457(d) is granted for trade secrets which may be submitted as 
attachments to the application FCC Form 731. No other assurances of 
confidentiality are provided to respondents.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this revised information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60-
day comment period to obtain the three-year clearance. The Commission 
is reporting program changes, increases to this information collection.
    As the Commission notes above, the total number of respondents, 
total number of responses annually, the total annual hourly burden, and 
the total annual costs have been updated because of the continuing 
growth in applications for Certification, streamlining of the 
application information and combining of different information 
collection requests. With operations in the new frequencies formed 
under Section 15.258 the burden hours for the applicants have increased 
from 201,450 hours to 201,603. However, the additional Applications 
that will be filed per the frequencies will become the total burden 
hours for applicants to $50,155,140 from $50,110,000.
    On March 15, 2019, the Commission adopted a First Report and Order, 
in ET Docket No. 18-2; FCC 19-19, which involves updates to 47 CFR part 
15,--``Radio Frequency Devices,'' to provide permit certain operations 
above 95 GHz.\1\ Among other things, the Spectrum Horizons Order made 
specific frequencies above 95 GHz available for the operation of 
radiofrequency devices without a license. Such devices are subject to 
the certification process of the Commission's equipment authorization 
program. Accordingly, 47 CFR was amended to include a new Section 
15.258 as follows:
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    \1\Spectrum Horizons, First Report and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 1605(2) 
(2019) (Spectrum Horizons Order).
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Sec.  15.258  Operation in the bands 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-
190 GHz and 244-246 GHz.

    (a) Operation on board an aircraft or a satellite is prohibited.
    (b) Emission levels within the 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190 
GHz and 244-246 GHz bands shall not exceed the following equivalent 
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) limits as measured during the 
transmit interval:
    (1) The average power of any emission shall not exceed 40 dBm and 
the peak power of any emission shall not exceed 43 dBm; or
    (2) For fixed point-to-point transmitters located outdoors, the 
average power of any emission shall not exceed 82 dBm and shall be 
reduced by 2 dB for every dB that the antenna gain is less than 51 dBi. 
The peak power of any emission shall not exceed 85 dBm and shall be 
reduced by 2 dB for every dB that the antenna gain is less than 51 dBi. 
The provisions in this paragraph for reducing transmit power based on 
antenna gain shall not require that the power levels be reduced below 
the limits specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (3) The peak power shall be measured with a detection bandwidth 
that encompasses the entire occupied bandwidth within the intended band 
of operation, e.g., 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190 GHz or 244-246 
GHz. The average emission levels shall be measured over the actual time 
period during which transmission occurs.
    (4) Transmitters with an emission bandwidth of less than 100 MHz 
must limit their peak radiated power to the product of the maximum 
permissible radiated power (in milliwatts) times their emission 
bandwidth divided by 100 MHz. For the purposes of this paragraph, 
emission bandwidth is defined as the instantaneous frequency range 
occupied by a steady state radiated signal with modulation, outside 
which the radiated power spectral density never exceeds 6 dB below the 
maximum radiated power spectral density in the band, as measured with a 
100 kHz resolution bandwidth spectrum analyzer. The center frequency 
must be stationary during the measurement interval, even if not 
stationary during normal operation (e.g., for frequency hopping 
devices).
    (c) Limits on spurious emissions:
    (1) The power density of any emissions outside the band of 
operation, e.g., 116-123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185-190 GHz or 244-246 
GHz, shall consist solely of spurious emissions.
    (2) Radiated emissions below 40 GHz shall not exceed the general 
limits in Sec.  15.209.
    (3) Between 40 GHz and the highest frequency specified in Sec.  
15.33, the level of these emissions shall not exceed 90 pW/cm\2\ at a 
distance of 3 meters.
    (4) The levels of the spurious emissions shall not exceed the level 
of the fundamental emission.
    (d) Frequency stability. Fundamental emissions must be contained 
within the frequency bands specified in this section during all 
conditions of operation. Equipment is presumed to operate over the 
temperature range -20 to + 50 degrees Celsius with an input voltage 
variation of 85% to 115% of rated input voltage, unless justification 
is presented to demonstrate otherwise.
    (e) Regardless of the power density levels permitted under this 
section, devices operating under the provisions of this section are 
subject to the radiofrequency radiation exposure requirements specified 
in Sec. Sec.  1.1307(b), 2.1091 and 2.1093 of this chapter, as 
appropriate. Applications for equipment authorization of devices 
operating under this section must contain a statement confirming 
compliance with these requirements for both fundamental emissions and 
unwanted emissions. Technical information showing the basis for this 
statement must be submitted to the Commission upon request.
    (f) Any transmitter that has received the necessary FCC equipment 
authorization under the rules of this chapter may be mounted in a group 
installation for simultaneous operation with one or more other 
transmitter(s) that have received the necessary FCC equipment 
authorization, without any additional equipment authorization. However, 
no transmitter operating under the provisions of this section may be 
equipped with external phase-locking inputs that permit beam-forming 
arrays to be realized.
    (g) Measurement procedures that have been found to be acceptable to 
the Commission in accordance with Sec.  2.947 of this chapter may be 
used to demonstrate compliance.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cecilia Sigmund,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-06593 Filed 3-30-20; 8:45 am]
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