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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 37 / Friday, February 26, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
communications signals via a system of satellites or reselling satellite telecommunications. The category has a small business size standard of $32.5
million or less in average annual receipts, under SBA rules. For this category, Census Bureau data for 2012
show that there were a total of 333 firms that operated for the entire year. Of this total, 299 firms had annual receipts of less than $25 million. Consequently, we estimate that the majority of satellite telecommunications providers are small entities.
The rule changes adopted in this Order will affect space station applicants and licensees. 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 actions.
F. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements for Small Entities The Order adopts rule changes that would affect compliance requirements for space station operators. As noted above, these parties rarely qualify as small entities.
The Order eliminates a geographic service requirement that restricts the design possibilities of certain NGSO
FSS satellite systems. This action is designed to achieve the Commissions mandate to regulate in the public interest while minimizing burdens on all affected parties, including small entities.
G. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered
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The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant alternatives that it has considered in developing its 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
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entities; 2 the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance and reporting requirements under the rule 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.
In this Order, the Commission removes the domestic coverage requirement for NGSO FSS satellite systems. This action will reduce burdens on the affected licensees, including any small entities.
H. Federal Rules That May Duplicate, Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed Rules None.
Report to Congress: The Commission will send a copy of the Second Report and Order, including this FRFA, in a report to be sent to Congress pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. In addition, the Commission will send a copy of the Second Report and Order, including this FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. A
copy of the Second Report and Order and FRFA or summaries thereof will also be published in the Federal Register.
Ordering Clauses It is ordered, pursuant to sections 4i, 7a, 10, 303, 308b, and 316 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154i, 157a, 160, 303, 308b, 316, that this Second Report and Order is adopted and part 25 of the Commissions rules are amended.
It is further ordered that this Second Report and Order and the rules as amended herein will become effective as of the date of publication of a summary in the Federal Register.
It is further ordered that the Commissions Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a copy of this Second Report and Order, including the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analyses, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.
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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 25
Administrative practice and procedure, Satellites.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch, Secretary.
Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 25 as follows:
PART 25SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 25
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721, unless otherwise noted.
25.146
Amended
2. In 25.146, remove and reserve paragraph b.
3. Revise 25.217b1 to read as follows:
25.217
Default service rules.
b1 For all NGSO-like satellite licenses, except as specified in paragraph b4 of this section, for which the application was filed pursuant to the procedures set forth in 25.157 after August 27, 2003, authorizing operations in a frequency band for which the Commission has not adopted frequency band-specific service rules at the time the license is granted, the licensee will be required to comply with the technical requirements in paragraphs b2 through 4 of this section, notwithstanding the frequency bands specified in these sections:
25.143b2ii except NGSO FSS
systems and iii except NGSO FSS
systems, 25.204e, and 25.210f and i.
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