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IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Additional information about these 

statutes and Executive Orders can be 

found at http://www2.epa.gov/lawsregulations/laws-and-executive-orders. 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review, Executive Order 

13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review, and Executive Order 

13891: Promoting the Rule of Law 

Through Improved Agency Guidance 

Documents 

This draft compliance guide was 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993), 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011), and 13891 (84 FR 

55235, October 9, 2019). Any changes 

made in response to OMB 

recommendations have been 

documented in the docket for this action 

as required by section 6(a)(3)(E) of 

Executive Order 12866. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

This action does not impose any new 

information collection burden under the 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Burden is 

defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). The 

information collection activities 

associated with existing chemical 

SNURs are already approved under 

OMB control number 2070–0038 (EPA 

ICR No. 1188); and the information 

collection activities associated with 

export notifications are already 

approved under OMB control number 

2070–0030 (EPA ICR No. 0795). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

that requires OMB approval under the 

PRA, unless it has been approved by 

OMB and displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in Title 

40 of the CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register, are listed in 40 CFR, 

part 9, and included on the related 

collection instrument, or form, as 

applicable. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: December 10, 2020. 

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27600 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0004, FRS 17299] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal Agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ The Commission may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) control number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the PRA that 

does not display a valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before January 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Nicole Ongele, 

FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited 

the general public and other Federal 

Agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection. Comments are requested 

concerning: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Commission, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Commission’s burden estimates; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

the FCC seeks specific comment on how 

it might ‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0004. 

Title: Sections 1.1307 and 1.1311, 

Guidelines for Evaluating the 

Environmental Effects of 

Radiofrequency Exposure. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, Business or other for-profit, 

Not-for-profit institutions, and State, 

Local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 335,441 Respondents; 

335,441 Responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.0833 

hours (5 minutes)–20 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third-party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

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authority for this Information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 302, 

303, 303(r), and 307. 

Total Annual Burden: 41,997 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: $2,933,431. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is a minimal exemption from the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 

U.S.C. 552(b)(4), and 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules, that is granted 

for trade secrets and privileged or 

confidential commercial or financial 

information, which may be submitted to 

the Commission as part of the 

documentation of test results. No other 

assurances of confidentiality are 

provided to respondents. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this revised information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) after this 60-day 

comment period in order to obtain the 

full three-year clearance. 

This information collection is a result 

of responsibility placed on the FCC by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969. NEPA requires that 

each federal agency evaluate the impact 

of ‘‘major actions significantly affecting 

the quality of the human environment.’’ 

It is the FCC’s opinion that this is the 

most efficient and reasonable method of 

complying with NEPA with regard to 

the environmental issue of 

radiofrequency radiation from FCCregulated transmitters. 

The December 2019 RF Exposure 

Second Report and Order, ET Docket 

Nos. 03–137 and 13–184, FCC 19–126, 

included amendments to rule sections 

1.1307, 2.1091 and 2.1093 requiring 

approval by OMB under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Revision to information 

collection effected by amendments to 

rule section 1.1307 is reported herein. 

Revision to information collection 

effected by amendments to rule sections 

2.1091 and 2.1093 is reported separately 

under OMB Information Collection 

3060–0057. 

In amendments to rule section 1.1307, 

the Commission revised its 

implementing rules to reflect modern 

technology and today’s uses. The 

Commission streamlined the criteria for 

determining when an applicant or 

licensee is exempt from our radio 

frequency (RF) exposure evaluation 

criteria by replacing service-based 

exemptions with a formula-based 

approach. For those applicants and 

licensees who do not qualify for an 

exemption, the Commission provided 

more flexibility to establish compliance 

with our RF exposure limits. The 

Commission also specified methods that 

RF equipment operators can use to 

mitigate the risk of excess exposure, 

both to members of the public and 

trained workers (such as training, 

supervision, and signage). The amended 

rules provide more efficient, practical, 

and consistent RF exposure evaluation 

procedures and mitigation measures to 

help ensure compliance with the 

existing RF exposure limits. 

Most of the changes to rule section 

1.1307 represent clarification or 

simplification of existing requirements 

and are not expected to significantly 

increase or decrease the estimated 

burden to respondents or to the Federal 

government. To address components of 

the amended requirements that were not 

included in previous burden estimates, 

isolated revisions were made to the 

burden estimates as summarized in the 

supporting statement of the Information 

Collection. To update burden estimates 

based on most recently available data, 

the Commission also adjusted the total 

number of respondents/responses, the 

total annual hourly burden, and the 

total annual costs from the previous 

estimates, based on licensing data for 

calendar year 2019. 

The latest RF exposure Second Report 

and Order, ET Docket Nos. 03–137 and 

13–184, FCC 19–126, amended rule 

section 1.1307 by revising paragraph (b) 

to read as follows: 

§ 1.1307 Actions that may have a 

significant environmental effect, for 

which Environmental Assessments 

(EA) must be prepared. 

* * * * * 

(b)(1) Requirements. (i) With respect 

to the limits on human exposure to RF 

provided in Section 1.1310 of this 

chapter, applicants to the Commission 

for the grant or modification of 

construction permits, licenses or 

renewals thereof, temporary authorities, 

equipment authorizations, or any other 

authorizations for radiofrequency 

sources must either: 

(A) Determine that they qualify for an 

exemption pursuant to Section 

1.1307(b)(3); 

(B) Prepare an evaluation of the 

human exposure to RF radiation 

pursuant to Section 1.1310 and include 

in the application a statement 

confirming compliance with the limits 

in Section 1.1310; or 

(C) Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment if those RF sources would 

cause human exposure to levels of RF 

radiation in excess of the limits in 

Section 1.1310. 

(ii) Compliance with these limits for 

fixed RF source(s) may be accomplished 

by use of mitigation actions, as provided 

in Section 1.1307(b)(4). Upon request by 

the Commission, the party seeking or 

holding such authorization must 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 

Section 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. 

(2) Definitions. For the purposes of 

this section, the following definitions 

shall apply. 

Available maximum time-averaged 

power for an RF source is the maximum 

available RF power (into a matched 

load) as averaged over a time-averaging 

period; 

Category One is any spatial region 

that is compliant with the general 

population exposure limit with 

continuous exposure or source-based 

time-averaged exposure; 

Category Two is any spatial region 

where the general population exposure 

limit is exceeded but that is compliant 

with the occupational exposure limit 

with continuous exposure; 

Category Three is any spatial region 

where the occupational exposure limit 

is exceeded but by no more than ten 

times the limit; 

Category Four is any spatial region 

where the exposure is more than ten 

times the occupational exposure limit or 

where there is a possibility for serious 

injury on contact. 

Continuous exposure refers to the 

maximum time-averaged exposure at a 

given location for an RF source and 

assumes that exposure may take place 

indefinitely. The exposure limits in 

Section 1.1310 of this chapter are used 

to establish the spatial regions where 

mitigation measures are necessary 

assuming continuous exposure as 

prescribed in Section 1.1307(b)(4) of 

this chapter. 

Effective Radiated Power (ERP) is the 

product of the maximum antenna gain 

which is the largest far-field power gain 

relative to a dipole in any direction for 

each transverse polarization component, 

and the maximum delivered timeaveraged power which is the largest net 

power delivered or supplied to an 

antenna as averaged over a timeaveraging period; ERP is summed over 

two polarizations when present; 

Exemption for (an) RF source(s) is 

solely from the obligation to perform a 

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exposure limits in Section 1.1310 of this 

chapter; it is not exemption from the 

equipment authorization procedures 

described in Part 2 of this chapter, not 

exemption from general obligations of 

compliance with the RF exposure limits 

in Section 1.1310 of this chapter, and 

not exemption from determination of 

whether there is no significant effect on 

the quality of the human environment 

under Section 1.1306 of this chapter. 

Fixed RF source is one that is 

physically secured at one location, even 

temporarily, and is not able to be easily 

moved to another location while 

radiating; 

Mobile device is as defined in Section 

2.1091(b) of this chapter; 

Plane-wave equivalent power density 

is the square of the root-mean-square 

(rms) electric field strength divided by 

the impedance of free space (377 ohms). 

Portable device is as defined in 

Section 2.1093(b) of this chapter; 

Positive access control is mitigation 

by proactive preclusion of unauthorized 

access to the region surrounding an RF 

source where the continuous exposure 

limit for the general population is 

exceeded. Examples of such controls 

include locked doors, ladder cages, or 

effective fences, as well as enforced 

prohibition of public access to external 

surfaces of buildings. However, it does 

not include natural barriers or other 

access restrictions that did not require 

any action on the part of the licensee or 

property management. 

Radiating structure is an unshielded 

RF current-carrying conductor that 

generates an RF reactive near electric or 

magnetic field and/or radiates an RF 

electromagnetic wave. It is the 

component of an RF source that 

transmits, generates, or reradiates an RF 

fields, such as an antenna, aperture, 

coil, or plate. 

RF source is Commission-regulated 

equipment that transmits or generates 

RF fields or waves, whether 

intentionally or unintentionally, via one 

or more radiating structure(s). Multiple 

RF sources may exist in a single device. 

Separation distance (variable R in 

Table 1) is the minimum distance in any 

direction from any part of a radiating 

structure and any part of the body of a 

nearby person; 

Source-based time averaging is an 

average of instantaneous exposure over 

a time-averaging period that is based on 

an inherent property or duty-cycle of a 

device to ensure compliance with the 

continuous exposure limits; 

Time-averaging period is a time 

period not to exceed 30 minutes for 

fixed RF sources or a time period 

inherent from device transmission 

characteristics not to exceed 30 minutes 

for mobile and portable RF sources; 

Transient individual is an untrained 

person in a location where 

occupational/controlled limits apply, 

and he or she must be made aware of 

the potential for exposure and be 

supervised by trained personnel 

pursuant to Section 1.1307(b)(4) of this 

chapter where use of time averaging is 

required to ensure compliance with the 

general population exposure limits in 

Section 1.1310 of this chapter. 

(3) Determination of exemption. 

(i) For single RF sources (i.e., any 

single fixed RF source, mobile device, or 

portable device, as defined in paragraph 

(b)(2) of this section): A single RF source 

is exempt if: 

(A) The available maximum timeaveraged power is no more than 1 mW, 

regardless of separation distance. This 

exemption may not be used in 

conjunction with other exemption 

criteria other than those in paragraph 

(b)(3)(ii)(A) of this section. Medical 

implant devices may only use this 

exemption and that in paragraph 

(b)(3)(ii)(A); 

(B) Tr the available maximum timeaveraged power or effective radiated 

power (ERP), whichever is greater, is 

less than or equal to the threshold Pth

(mW) described in the following 

formula. This method shall only be used 

at separation distances (cm) from 0.5 

centimeters to 40 centimeters and at 

frequencies from 0.3 GHz to 6 GHz 

(inclusive). Pth is given by: 

(C) Or using Table 1 and the 

minimum separation distance (R in 

meters) from the body of a nearby 

person for the frequency (f in MHz) at 

which the source operates, the ERP 

(watts) is no more than the calculated 

value prescribed for that frequency. For 

the exemption in Table 1 to apply, R 

must be at least l/2p, where l is the 

free-space operating wavelength in 

meters. If the ERP of a single RF source 

is not easily obtained, then the available 

maximum time-averaged power may be 

used in lieu of ERP if the physical 

dimensions of the radiating structure(s) 

do not exceed the electrical length of l/ 

4 or if the antenna gain is less than that 

of a half-wave dipole (1.64 linear value). 

TABLE 1 TO § 1.1307(b)(3)(i)(C)—SINGLE RF SOURCES SUBJECT TO

ROUTINE ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION

RF source 

frequency 

(MHz) 

Threshold 

ERP 

(watts) 

0.3–1.34 .................... 1,920 R2. 

1.34–30 ..................... 3,450 R2/f2. 

30–300 ...................... 3.83 R2. 


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ROUTINE ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION—Continued 

RF source 

frequency 

(MHz) 

Threshold 

ERP 

(watts) 

300–1,500 ................. 0.0128 R2f. 

1,500–100,000 .......... 19.2R2. 

(ii) For multiple RF sources. Multiple 

RF sources are exempt if: 

(A) The available maximum timeaveraged power of each source is no 

more than 1 mW and there is a 

separation distance of two centimeters 

between any portion of a radiating 

structure operating and the nearest 

portion of any other radiating structure 

in the same device, except if the sum of 

multiple sources is less than 1 mW 

during the time-averaging period, in 

which case they may be treated as a 

single source (separation is not 

required). This exemption may not be 

used in conjunction with other 

exemption criteria other than those is 

paragraph 1.1307(b)(3)(i)(A) of this 

section. Medical implant devices may 

only use this exemption and that in 

paragraph 1.1307(b)(3)(i)(A). 

(B) In the case of fixed RF sources 

operating in the same time-averaging 

period, or of multiple mobile or portable 

RF sources within a device operating in 

the same time averaging period, if the 

sum of the fractional contributions to 

the applicable thresholds is less than or 

equal to 1 as indicated in the following 

equation. 

Where 

a = number of fixed, mobile, or portable RF 

sources claiming exemption using 

paragraph (b)(3)(i)(B) of this section for 

Pth, including existing exempt 

transmitters and those being added. 

b = number of fixed, mobile, or portable RF 

sources claiming exemption using 

paragraph (b)(3)(i)(C) of this section for 

Threshold ERP, including existing 

exempt transmitters and those being 

added. 

c = number of existing fixed, mobile, or 

portable RF sources with known 

evaluation for the specified minimum 

distance including existing evaluated 

transmitters. 

Pi = the available maximum time-averaged 

power or the ERP, whichever is greater, 

for fixed, mobile, or portable RF source 

i at a distance between 0.5 cm and 40 cm 

(inclusive). 

Pth,i = the exemption threshold power (Pth) 

according to paragraph (b)(3)(i)(B) of this 

section for fixed, mobile, or portable RF 

source i. 

ERPj = the ERP of fixed, mobile, or portable 

RF source j. 

ERPth,j = exemption threshold ERP for fixed, 

mobile, or portable RF source j, at a 

distance of at least l/2p according to the 

applicable formula of paragraph 

(b)(3)(i)(C) of this section. 

Evaluatedk = the maximum reported SAR or 

MPE of fixed, mobile, or portable RF 

source k either in the device or at the 

transmitter site from an existing 

evaluation at the location of exposure. 

Exposure Limitk = either the general 

population/uncontrolled maximum 

permissible exposure (MPE) or specific 

absorption rate (SAR) limit for each 

fixed, mobile, or portable RF source k, as 

applicable from Section 1.1310 of this 

chapter. 

(4) Mitigation. (i) As provided in 

paragraphs (b)(4)(ii) through (vi) of this 

section, specific mitigation actions are 

required for fixed RF sources to the 

extent necessary to ensure compliance 

with our exposure limits, including the 

implementation of an RF safety plan, 

restriction of access to those RF sources, 

and disclosure of spatial regions where 

exposure limits are exceeded. 

(ii) Category One—INFORMATION: 

No mitigation actions are required when 

the RF source does not cause 

continuous or source-based timeaveraged exposure in excess of the 

general population limit in Section 

1.1310 of this part. Optionally a green 

‘‘INFORMATION’’ sign may offer 

information to those persons who might 

be approaching RF sources. This 

optional sign, when used, must include 

at least the following information: 

Appropriate signal word 

‘‘INFORMATION’’ and associated color 

(green), an explanation of the safety 

precautions to be observed when closer 

to the antenna than the information 

sign, a reminder to obey all postings and 

boundaries (if higher categories are 

nearby), up-to-date licensee (or 

operator) contact information (if higher 

categories are nearby), and a place to get 

additional information (such as a 

website, if no higher categories are 

nearby). 

(iii) Category Two—NOTICE: 

Mitigation actions are required in the 

form of signs and positive access control 

surrounding the boundary where the 

continuous exposure limit is exceeded 

for the general population, with the 

appropriate signal word ‘‘NOTICE’’ and 

associated color (blue) on the signs. 

Signs must contain the components 

discussed in paragraph (b)(4)(vi) of this 

section. Under certain controlled 

conditions, such as on a rooftop with 

limited access, a sign attached directly 

to the surface of an antenna will be 

considered sufficient if the sign 

specifies a minimum approach distance 

and is readable at this separation 

distance and at locations required for 

compliance with the general population 

exposure limit in Section 1.1310 of this 

part. Appropriate training is required for 

any occupational personnel with access 

to controlled areas within restrictive 

barriers where the general population 

exposure limit is exceeded, and 

transient individuals must be 

supervised by trained occupational 

personnel upon entering any of these 

areas. Use of time averaging is required 

for transient individuals to ensure 

compliance with the general population 

exposure limit. 

(iv) Category Three—CAUTION: Signs 

(with the appropriate signal word 

‘‘CAUTION’’ and associated color 

(yellow) on the signs), controls, or 

indicators (e.g., chains, railings, 

contrasting paint, diagrams) are required 

(in addition to the positive access 

control established for Category Two) 

surrounding the area in which the 

exposure limit for occupational 

personnel in a controlled environment 

is exceeded by no more than a factor of 

ten. Signs must contain the components 

discussed in paragraph (b)(4)(vi) of this 

section. If the boundaries between 

Category Two and Three are such that 

placement of both Category Two and 

Three signs would be in the same 

location, then the Category Two sign is 

optional. Under certain controlled 

conditions, such as on a rooftop with 

limited access, a sign may be attached 

directly to the surface of an antenna 

within a controlled environment if it 

specifies the minimum approach 

distance and is readable at this distance 

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with the occupational exposure limit in 

Section 1.1310 of this part. If signs are 

not used at the occupational exposure 

limit boundary, controls or indicators 

(e.g., chains, railings, contrasting paint, 

diagrams, etc.) must designate the 

boundary where the occupational 

exposure limit is exceeded. 

Additionally, appropriate training is 

required for any occupational personnel 

with access to the controlled area where 

the general population exposure limit is 

exceeded, and transient individuals 

must be supervised by trained personnel 

upon entering any of these areas. Use of 

time averaging is required for transient 

individuals to ensure compliance with 

the general population exposure limit. 

Further mitigation by reducing exposure 

time in accord with six-minute time 

averaging is required for occupational 

personnel in the area in which the 

occupational exposure limit is 

exceeded. However, proper use of RF 

personal protective equipment may be 

considered sufficient in lieu of time 

averaging for occupational personnel in 

the areas in which the occupational 

exposure limit is exceeded. If such 

procedures or power reduction, and 

therefore Category reduction, are not 

feasible, then lockout/tagout procedures 

in 29 CFR Section 1910.147 must be 

followed. 

(v) Category Four—WARNING/ 

DANGER: Where the occupational limit 

could be exceeded by a factor of more 

than ten, ‘‘WARNING’’ signs with the 

associated color (orange), controls, or 

indicators (e.g., chains, railings, 

contrasting paint, diagrams) are required 

(in addition to the positive access 

control established for Category Two) 

surrounding the area in which the 

occupational exposure limit in a 

controlled environment is exceeded by 

more than a factor of ten Signs must 

contain the components discussed in 

paragraph (b)(4)(vi) of this section. 

‘‘DANGER’’ signs with the associated 

color (red) are required where 

immediate and serious injury will occur 

on contact, in addition to positive 

access control, regardless of mitigation 

actions taken in Categories Two or 

Three. If the boundaries between 

Category Three and Four are such that 

placement of both Category Three and 

Four signs would be in the same 

location, then the Category Three sign is 

optional. No access is permitted without 

Category reduction. If power reduction, 

and therefore Category reduction, is not 

feasible, then lockout/tagout procedures 

in 29 CFR Section 1910.147 must be 

followed. 

(vi) RF exposure advisory signs must 

be viewable and readable from the 

boundary where the applicable 

exposure limits are exceeded, pursuant 

to 29 CFR Section 1910.145, and 

include at least the following five 

components: 

(A) Appropriate signal word, 

associated color {i.e., ‘‘DANGER’’ (red), 

‘‘WARNING’’ (orange), ‘‘CAUTION,’’ 

(yellow) ‘‘NOTICE’’ (blue)}; 

(B) RF energy advisory symbol; 

(C) An explanation of the RF source; 

(D) Behavior necessary to comply 

with the exposure limits; and 

(E) Up-to-date contact information. 

(5) Responsibility for compliance. (i) 

In general, when the exposure limits 

specified in Section 1.1310 of this part 

are exceeded in an accessible area due 

to the emissions from multiple fixed RF 

sources, actions necessary to bring the 

area into compliance or preparation of 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) as 

specified in Section 1.1311 of this part 

are the shared responsibility of all 

licensees whose RF sources produce, at 

the area in question, levels that exceed 

5% of the applicable exposure limit 

proportional to power. However, a 

licensee demonstrating that its facility 

was not the most recently modified or 

newly-constructed facility at the site 

establishes a rebuttable presumption 

that such licensee should not be liable 

in an enforcement proceeding relating to 

the period of non-compliance. Field 

strengths must be squared to be 

proportional to SAR or power density. 

Specifically, these compliance 

requirements apply if the square of the 

electric or magnetic field strength 

exposure level applicable to a particular 

RF source exceeds 5% of the square of 

the electric or magnetic field strength 

limit at the area in question where the 

levels due to multiple fixed RF sources 

exceed the exposure limit. Site owners 

and managers are expected to allow 

applicants and licensees to take 

reasonable steps to comply with the 

requirements contained in paragraph 

1.1307(b)(1) of this section and, where 

feasible, should encourage co-location 

of RF sources and common solutions for 

controlling access to areas where the RF 

exposure limits contained in Section 

1.1310 of this part might be exceeded. 

Applicants and licensees are required to 

share technical information necessary to 

ensure joint compliance with the 

exposure limits, including informing 

other licensees at a site in question of 

evaluations indicating possible noncompliance with the exposure limits. 

(ii) Applicants for proposed RF 

sources that would cause noncompliance with the limits specified in 

Section 1.1310 at an accessible area 

previously in compliance must submit 

an EA if emissions from the applicant’s 

RF source would produce, at the area in 

question, levels that exceed 5% of the 

applicable exposure limit. Field 

strengths must be squared if necessary 

to be proportional to SAR or power 

density. 

(iii) Renewal applicants whose RF 

sources would cause non-compliance 

with the limits specified in Section 

1.1310 at an accessible area previously 

in compliance must submit an EA if 

emissions from the applicant’s RF 

source would produce, at the area in 

question, levels that exceed 5% of the 

applicable exposure limit. Field 

strengths must be squared if necessary 

to be proportional to SAR or power 

density. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27641 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0910; FRS 17300] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 


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