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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Proposed Rules Generally, space stations cost hundreds of millions of dollars to construct, launch, and operate. Consequently, we do not anticipate that any space station operators are small entities that would be affected by our proposed actions.
D. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements for Small Entities The NPRM proposes and seeks comment on several rule changes that would affect compliance requirements for space station operators. As noted above, these parties rarely qualify as small entities.
For example, we propose to allow additional uses of the 17.317.8 GHz band, subject to compliance with technical limits designed to protect other users of the bands.
In total, the proposals and questions in the NPRM are designed to achieve the Commissions mandate to regulate in the public interest while imposing the lowest necessary burden on all affected parties, including small entities.
E. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant, specifically small business, alternatives that it has considered in reaching its proposed approach, which may include the following four alternatives among others: 1 the establishment of differing compliance or reporting requirements or timetables that take into account the resources available to small entities; 2 the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance and reporting requirements under the rules for such small entities;
3 the use of performance rather than design standards; and 4 an exemption from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for such small entities. 87
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The NPRM seeks comment from all interested parties. The Commission is aware that some of the proposals under consideration may impact small entities.
Small entities are encouraged to bring to the Commissions attention any specific concerns they may have with the proposals outlined in the NPRM.
The Commission expects to consider the economic impact on small entities, as identified in comments filed in response to the NPRM, in reaching its final conclusions and taking action in this proceeding.
In this NPRM, the Commission invites comment on adding an allocation in the 17.317.8 GHz band to permit the use of the band by the Fixed-Satellite Service in the space-to-Earth direction, along with technical rules to prevent harmful interference between the FSS, DBS, and BSS. Overall, the proposals in the NPRM seek to increase the use of the 17.317.8 GHz band by satellite services while maintaining adequate protections against interference.
F. Federal Rules That May Duplicate, Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed Rules None.
Ordering clauses Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to Sections 4i, 7a, 303c, 303f, 303g, and 303r of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154i, 157a, 303c, 303f, 303g, 303r, this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is hereby adopted.
It is further ordered that the Petition for Rulemaking filed by SES in the Commissions rulemaking proceeding RM11839 is granted to the extent specified herein, that RM11839 is incorporated into this proceeding, IB
Docket No. 20330, and that RM11839
is terminated.
It is further ordered that the Commissions Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center will send a copy of
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this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including the initial regulatory flexibility analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, in accordance with Section 603a of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
List of Subjects 47 CFR Part 2
Radio, Table of frequency allocations.
47 CFR Part 25
Administrative practice and procedure, Earth stations, Satellites.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch, Secretary.

Proposed Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR
parts 2 and 25, as follows:
PART 2FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS
AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS;
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 2
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, and 336, unless otherwise noted.

2. Section 2.106, the Table of Frequency Allocations, is amended as follows:
a. Revise page 52;
b. In the list of United States US
Footnotes, remove footnote US271 and revise footnote US402; and c. In the list of Non-Federal Government NG Footnotes, add footnote NG58 and remove footnote NG163.
The additions and revisions read as follows:

2.106

Table of Frequency Allocations.

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