Completing the Transition to Electronic Filing, Licenses and Authorizations, and Correspondence in the Wireless Radio Services
| Citation | 86 FR 20456 |
| Record Number | 2021-07719 |
| Published date | 20 April 2021 |
| Section | Rules and Regulations |
| Court | Federal Communications Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 74 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 20456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07719]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[WT Docket No. 19-212; DA 21-387; FR ID 20567]
Completing the Transition to Electronic Filing, Licenses and
Authorizations, and Correspondence in the Wireless Radio Services
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) adopted an Order announcing changes to the Commission's
rules that will become effective. To conform changes to a rule
regarding submission of environmental assessments that the Commission
had made in two prior decisions, the Commission amends the non-
substantive, editorial revisions by adding language pertaining to
electronic filing.
DATES: Effective June 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren Firschein email:
[email protected] of the Office of the Managing Director; or
call the Office of the Managing Director at (202) 418-2653.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Order, ET Docket No. 19-126, DA 21-387, adopted and released on April
2, 2021. The full text of this document is available for public
inspection and can be downloaded at: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-387A1.pdf or by using the search function for ET
Docket No. 19-126 on the Commission's ECFS web page at www.fcc.gov/ecfs.
Synopsis
1. The Commission updated the language of 47 CFR 1.1307(b) of the
Commission's rules to insert the word ``electronically.'' This step is
necessary because of two separate actions the Commission took to amend
Sec. 1.1307 of the rules. On December 4, 2019, the Commission adopted
a Second Report and Order in ET Docket No. 19-226, FCC 19-126. The
Report and Order made amendments to Sec. 1.1307(b) that did not take
effect immediately, pending concurrence by the Office of Management and
Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act. On September 16, 2020, the
Commission adopted a Report and Order in WT Docket No. 19-212, FCC 20-
126, that modified the text of Sec. 1.1307(b) that was then in effect.
The decision, which added references to electronic filing in multiple
rule parts, was published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2020.
The modifications to Sec. 1.1307 are not scheduled to take effect
until June 29, 2021.
Procedural Matters
A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
2. Section 603 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended,
requires a regulatory flexibility analysis in notice and comment
rulemaking proceedings. See 5 U.S.C. 603(a). As we are adopting these
rules without notice and comment, no regulatory flexibility analysis is
required.
B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis
3. This document does not contain new or modified information
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104-13. 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 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4).
C. Congressional Review Act
4. The Commission will not send a copy of the Order pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because the
adopted rules are rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice
that do not ``substantially affect the rights or obligations of non-
agency parties. See 5 U.S.C. 804(3)(C).
Ordering Clause
5. Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to the authority delegated
under 47 CFR 0.23l(b), 47 CFR 1.1307(b) is amended as set forth below
effective June 29. 2021 and substituting for and superseding the
corresponding amendment to Sec. 1.1307(b) contained in 85 FR 33578
that would otherwise become effective on June 29, 2021.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and procedure.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as follows:
PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
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1. The authority citation to part 1 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note,
unless otherwise noted.
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2. Section 1.1307 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(1)(ii) to read
as follows:
Sec. 1.1307 Actions that may have a significant environmental effect,
for which Environmental Assessments (EA) must be prepared.
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(ii) Compliance with these limits for fixed RF source(s) may be
accomplished by use of mitigation actions, as provided in Sec.
1.1307(b)(4). Upon request by the Commission, the party seeking or
holding such authorization must electronically submit technical
information showing the basis for such compliance, either by exemption
or evaluation. Notwithstanding the preceding requirements, in the event
that RF sources cause human exposure to levels of RF radiation in
excess of the limits in Sec. 1.1310 of this chapter, such RF exposure
exemptions and evaluations are not deemed sufficient to show that there
is no significant effect on the quality of the human environment or
that the RF sources are categorically excluded from environmental
processing.
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[FR Doc. 2021-07719 Filed 4-19-21; 8:45 am]
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