G/TBT/N/USA/1646  
14 September 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [1674]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated  if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Satellite 
orbital debris; Quality (ICS 03.120), Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Wastes (ICS 
13.030), Radio relay and  fixed satellite communications systems (ICS 33.060.30), 
Satellite (ICS 33.070.40), Space systems and operations (ICS 49.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Mitigation of 
Orbital Debris in the New Space Age (16 page(s) , in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - In this document, the Commission seeks 
comment through a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted on 23 April 2020, on 
additional amendments to its rules related to satellite orbital debris mit igation. A related 
Final rule document, the Report and Order, which adopts amendments to the 
Commission's satellite orbital debris mitigation rules is published elsewhere in this issue 
of the Federal Register.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nat ure of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
85 Federal Register (FR) 52455, 25 August 2020; Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 5, 25 and 97:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-25/html/2020 -13184.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-25/pdf/2020 -13184.pdf  
Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age, Final Rule publ ished 25 August 2020:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-25/html/2020 -13185.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-25/pdf/2020 -13185.pdf  
The full -text of the Commission's Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), IB 
Docket No. 18 -313, FCC 20 -54, adopted on 23 April 2020, and released on  24 April 2020, 
is available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC -20-54A1.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1646  
 
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  Interested parties may file comments and reply comments on or before 9 October 2020 
or for reply comments, by 9 November 2020. Comments may be filed using the 
Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) using the internet by accessing 
the ECFS, http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs . 
Interested WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments on this 
proposed rule to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their st akeholders will be shared with the regulator and will 
also be submitted to the  Commission's ECFS at http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs  if received within 
the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  9 October 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_5401_00_e.pdf