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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 12, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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space database in registering licensed wireless microphones.
70. The Commission declines to defer action in this proceeding pending a decision in GN Docket No. 14166 on expanding part 74 licensing eligibility.
The Commission actions in this proceeding will benefit Americans in rural and underserved areas by enabling improved broadband access. The Commission does not wish to delay these public benefits until some unspecified point in the future. Further, the Commission decision here will not adversely impact either licensed or unlicensed wireless microphone operations. For example, the Commission is limiting higher power and antenna height operations, as well as higher power geo-fenced operations, to areas where the spectrum is less congested, which will limit the impact on wireless microphones that operate in the TV bands. Moreover, because white space devices operate on an unlicensed basis, they are obligated by the rules to protect licensed wireless microphone operations; unlicensed wireless microphones operate on a co-equal basis with white space devices. However, if the Commission decides to expand wireless microphone licensing eligibility in GN Docket No. 14166, any newly licensed wireless microphone operation would receive the same protection from harmful interference, even if white space device operators need to adjust their systems. Thus, the actions the Commission takes in this Report and Order do not alter the relationship between wireless microphones and white space devices, including the obligation for unlicensed devices to protect licensed wireless microphones.
71. The Commission appreciates parties bringing concerns about the white space database to its attention, and is working with the database administrators to address them. The Commission notes that a new administrator, RED Technologies, has taken over operation of the Nominet white space database. However, the Commission believes that the concerns parties raised, e.g., improvements to the licensed wireless microphone registration procedure, can be addressed without a need to delay action in this proceeding.
Procedural Matters 72. Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis. This document contains new or modified information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA, Public Law 10413. It will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
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OMB for review under section 3507d of the PRA. OMB, the general public, and other Federal agencies will be invited to comment on the new or modified information collection requirements contained in this proceeding. In addition, we note that pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506c4, we previously sought specific comment on how the Commission might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
73. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 RFA, as amended, the Commission has prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis FRFA regarding the possible significant economic impact on small entities of the policies and rules adopted in this Report and Order, which the full FRFA is found in Appendix C at https www.fcc.gov/
document/fcc-increases-unlicensedwireless-operations-tv-white-spaces-0.
The Commissions Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, will send a copy of the Report and Order, including the FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.
74. Congressional Review Act. The Commission has determined, and the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, concurs that this rule is non-major under the Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 8042. The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 801a1A.
Ordering Clauses 75. It is ordered, pursuant to sections 4i, 201, 302, and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154i, 201, 302a, 303, that this Report and Order is hereby adopted.
76. It is further ordered that the amendments of the Commissions rules as set forth below are adopted, effective thirty days from the date of publication in the Federal Register, except for the amendment to 15.709g1ii, which contains new or modified information collection requirements that require approval by the OMB under the PRA
and will become effective after the Commission publishes a document in the Federal Register announcing such approval and the relevant effective date.

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77. It is further ordered that the Commissions Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a copy of this Report and Order, including the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analyses, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.
78. It is further ordered that the Commissions Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a copy of this Report and Order, including the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analyses, to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801a1A.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 15
Communications equipment, Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping requirement.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch, Secretary.

Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 15 as follows:
PART 15RADIO FREQUENCY
DEVICES
1. The authority citation for part 15
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 304, 307, 336, 544a, and 549.

2. Amend 15.703 by:
a. Removing the paragraph designations;
b. Adding a definition for Geo-fenced area in alphabetical order;
c. Revising the definition of Less congested area;
d. Adding definitions for Mobile white space device and Narrowband white space device in alphabetical order.
The additions and revision read as follows:

15.703

Definitions.

Geo-fenced area. A defined geographic area over which the white space database has determined the set of available channels.

Less congested area. Geographic areas where at least half of the TV channels within a specific TV band are unused for broadcast and other protected services and available for white space device use. Less congested areas are determined separately for each TV

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