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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 28, 2021 / Rules and Regulations The Commission will send a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
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Review of the Commissions Personal Radio Services Rules Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission Commission addresses three petitions for reconsideration of the 2017 Report and Order in this proceeding, which reorganized and updated the Personal Radio Services rules. Cobra Electronics Corporation Cobra, Motorola Solutions, Inc. Motorola, and Medtronic, Inc. Medtronic each filed a petition for reconsideration of particular aspects of the Report and Order regarding specific services. In the Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, the Commission finds that the public interest will be served by granting the petitions and making some additional rule corrections.
DATES: Effective date: October 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Derenge of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Mobility Division, at 202 4182451 or Thomas.Derenge@fcc.gov, or Melissa Conway of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Mobility Division, at 202 4182887 or Melissa.Conway@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commissions Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration in WT Docket No. 10
119, FCC 2190, adopted August 3, 2021, and released August 4, 2021. The full text of the Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, including all Appendices, is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC
Reference Center, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, or available for viewing via the Commissions ECFS
website by entering the docket number, WT Docket No. 10119. Alternative formats are available for people with disabilities Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format, by sending an email to FCC504@fcc.gov or calling the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202 4180530
voice, 202 4180432 TTY.
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Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that an agency prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis for notice and comment rulemakings, unless the agency certifies that the rule will not, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. In the 2017
Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission determined that the reorganization of Part 95 and substantive changes made to rules governing certain services would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and included a Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification FRFC in the Report and Order which is subject to review in this Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration. No comments or petitions for reconsideration were received on the FRFC. The Commissions actions in this Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Therefore, the Commission certifies that the requirements of this Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act This Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration does not contain any new or modified information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1985, Public Law 10413. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new or modified information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107198.
Congressional Review Act The Commission will send a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, including the Supplemental Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification, to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. See 5 U.S.C. 801a1A. In addition, the Commission will send a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, including the
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Supplemental Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.
Synopsis 1. Cobra Petition. CB Radio Service is a mobile and fixed two-way voice communications service for facilitating personal, business, or voluntary public service activities, including communications to provide assistance to highway travelers. Cobras petition requests that the Commission permit Frequency Modulation FM operation as part of an optional dual modulation scheme for CB radios i.e., a CB radio could have both Amplitude Modulation AM and FM capability. Cobra and others suggest that an FM option will benefit the CB radio userboth professional and recreationalin that it will provide better quality and clarity of communications.
2. The Commission concludes that allowing manufacturers to add FM as an optional modulation scheme will not substantially change the fundamental nature of the CB Radio Service and will improve the user experience.
Continuing to mandate AM capability while permitting dual modulation will provide benefits to CB radio users who will have an additional modulation option, while maintaining the basic character of the service. The addition of FM as a permitted mode will not result in additional interference because users who hear unintelligible audio on a particular channel can simply select another channel or switch modes.
3. The Commission grants the Cobra Petition to the extent described in the Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration. Specifically, the Commission amends Section 95.971a of the Commissions rules to permit CB
Radio Service transmitters to transmit FM voice emissions along with AM. The Commission notes that AM and FM
operations are permitted in other Part 95
services under similar technical parameters, so the Commission generally applies the technical rules to FM signals as currently apply to AM
signals for the CB Radio Service. In the case of peak frequency deviation, however, the Commission adopts a limit of 2 kHz due to the 10 kHz channel spacing and 8 kHz occupied bandwidth maximum in the CB Radio Service.
Although this specific limit differs from those established in other Part 95
services e.g., 5 kHz for 20 kHz channel bandwidth and 2.5 kHz for 12.5 kHz channel bandwidth in both General Mobile Radio Service GMRS and Multi-Use Radio Service MURS, it is consistent across Part 95 services
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