Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 30, 2011 / Rules and Regulations 17569 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 97 

[WT Docket No. 10–62; FCC 11–22] 

Amateur Service Rules 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document revises the 

Amateur Radio Service rules to amend 

and clarify the rules with respect to 

amateur stations transmitting spread 

spectrum emissions. The rule 

amendments are necessary to eliminate 

the requirement that an amateur station 

use automatic power control to reduce 

transmitter power when the station 

transmits a spread spectrum emission, 

and to reduce the maximum allowed 

transmitter output power for an amateur 

station transmitting a spread spectrum 

emission. The effect of this action is to 

eliminate the automatic power control 

provision which has proven to be 

virtually impossible to implement, and 

to encourage amateur stations to 

experiment with spread spectrum 

communications technologies. 

DATES: Effective April 29, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William T. Cross, Mobility Division, 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

at (202) 418–0680, or TTY (202) 418– 

7233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order (R&O), adopted February 22, 

2011, and released March 4, 2011. The 

full text of this document is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. The complete 

text may be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554. The full text may also be 

downloaded at: http://www.fcc.gov. 

Alternative formats are available to 

persons with disabilities by sending an 

e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (tty). 

1. By this action, the Commission 

amends the amateur service rules to 

eliminate the requirement that an 

amateur station use automatic power 

control (APC) to reduce transmitter 

power when the station transmits a 

spread spectrum emission using more 

than 1 watt transmitter power. 

2. Also, by this action, the 

Commission limits the transmitter 

power that amateur stations may 

transmit to 10 watts when the station is 

transmitting a spread spectrum 

emission. 

3. The rules that the Commission 

adopted in this R&O apply to the 

control operator and station licensee of 

an amateur station, none of which may 

be small entities. The Commission 

certifies that no regulatory flexibility 

analysis is necessary here because, even 

if a substantial number of small entities, 

namely, amateur radio clubs, were 

affected by the rules, there would not be 

a significant economic impact on those 

entities. The rules we are adopting do 

not impose economic requirements. 

Instead, they relate to rules for the 

amateur radio service. Therefore, we 

certify that the rule changes adopted in 

this R&O will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

4. This R&O and the rule amendments 

are issued under the authority contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 303(r), and 403. 

7. The Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 

Information Center, shall send a copy of 

this Report and Order, including the 

Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Certifications, to the Chief Counsel for 

Advocacy of the Small Business 

Administration. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 97 

Radio. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Rule Changes 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 97 as 

follows: 

PART 97—AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 97 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as 

amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303. Interpret or 

apply 48 Stat. 1064–1068, 1081–1105, as 

amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–155, 301–609, 

unless otherwise noted. 

§ 97.311 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 97.311 is amended by 

removing paragraph (d). 

■ 3. Section 97.313 is amended by 

adding paragraph (j) to read as follows: 

§ 97.313 Transmitter power standards. 

* * * * * 

(j) No station may transmit with a 

transmitter output exceeding 10 W PEP 

when the station is transmitting a SS 

emission type. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 101126521–0640–2] 

RIN 0648–XA275 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by 

Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in 

the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels 

using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands management area 

(BSAI). This action is necessary to 

prevent exceeding the A season 

allowance of the 2011 Pacific cod 

allowable catch (TAC) specified for 

catcher vessels using trawl gear in the 

BSAI. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), March 26, 2011, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obren Davis, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

BSAI exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council under 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. Regulations governing fishing by 

U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP 

appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600 

and 50 CFR part 679. 

The A season allowance of the 2011 

Pacific cod TAC allocated to catcher 

vessels using trawl gear in the BSAI is 

33,290 metric tons (mt) as established 

by the final 2011 and 2012 harvest 

specifications for groundfish in the 

BSAI (76 FR 11139, March 1, 2011). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS, has determined that the A 

season allowance of the 2011 Pacific 

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