[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 196 (Thursday, October 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 63553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22217]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WP Docket No. 07-100; DA 20-1048; FRS 17074]


Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau Announce Temporary Filing Freeze on the 
Acceptance and Processing of Certain Applications for the 4940-4990 MHz 
Band

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (the Bureaus) 
announce a temporary freeze, effective September 8, 2020, on the 
acceptance and processing of certain applications related to private 
land mobile radio services in the 4.9 GHz band (4940-4990 MHz). 
Pursuant to this freeze, applications for new or modified operations in 
the 4.9 GHz band will not be accepted and pending applications will not 
be processed unless they meet limited exceptions.

DATES: Effective September 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information regarding 
this Public Notice, please contact Michael Wilhelm, Chief, Policy and 
Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at 
(202) 418-0870 or Jon Markman, Attorney Advisor, Mobility Division, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 418-7090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2018, the Commission issued a Sixth 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (83 FR 20011), which sought 
comment on proposals to stimulate expanded use of and investment in the 
4.9 GHz band. In order to stabilize the 4.9 GHz spectrum landscape and 
to maximize the Commission's flexibility in considering the appropriate 
rules governing the band, the Bureaus now suspend the acceptance and 
processing of certain 4.9 GHz band license applications.
    Imposition of the freeze is procedural and, therefore, not subject 
to the notice and comment and effective date requirements of the 
Administrative Procedure Act. We find good cause for not delaying the 
effective date of the freeze pending publication of this Public Notice 
in the Federal Register, because delay would undermine the purpose of 
the freeze, which is to ensure that new applications do not compromise 
the Commission's flexibility to modify the rules governing the band to 
the extent the public interest may warrant.

Federal Communications Commission.
David Furth,
Deputy Bureau Chief.
[FR Doc. 2020-22217 Filed 10-7-20; 8:45 am]
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