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such permits will be in effect in lieu of 

the Federal 40 CFR part 257, subpart D, 

CCR regulations. For those CCR units 

that are not yet permitted, the Federal 

regulations at part 257 will remain in 

effect until such time that ODEQ issues 

permits under this CCR program for 

those units. 

The WIIN Act specifies that EPA will 

review a state CCR permit program: 

• From time to time, as the 

Administrator determines necessary, but 

not less frequently than once every 12 

years; 

• Not later than 3 years after the date 

on which the Administrator revises the 

applicable criteria for CCR units under 

part 257 of title 40, CFR (or successor 

regulations promulgated pursuant to 

sections 1008(a)(3) and 4004(a)); 

• Not later than 1 year after the date 

of a significant release (as defined by the 

Administrator), that was not authorized 

at the time the release occurred, from a 

CCR unit located in the state; and 

• In request of any other state that 

asserts that the soil, groundwater, or 

surface water of the state is or is likely 

to be adversely affected by a release or 

potential release from a CCR unit 

located in the state for which the 

program was approved. 

The WIIN Act also provides that in a 

state with an approved CCR permitting 

program, the Administrator may 

commence an administrative or judicial 

enforcement action under section 3008 

if: 

• The state requests that the 

Administrator provide assistance in the 

performance of an enforcement action; 

or 

• After consideration of any other 

administrative or judicial enforcement 

action involving the CCR unit, the 

Administrator determines that an 

enforcement action is likely to be 

necessary to ensure that the CCR unit is 

operating in accordance with the criteria 

established under the state’s permit 

program. 

Further, in the case of an enforcement 

action by the Administrator, before 

issuing an order or commencing a civil 

action, the Administrator shall notify 

the state in which the coal combustion 

residuals unit is located. 

V. Action 

In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 6945(d), 

EPA is approving ODEQ’s CCR permit 

program application. 

Dated: June 18, 2018. 

E. Scott Pruitt, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 2 and 90 

[PS Docket Nos. 13–87, 06–229; WT Docket 

No. 96–86, RM–11433, RM–11577; FCC 16– 

111] 

Service Rules Governing Narrowband 

Operations in the 769–775/799–805 

MHz Bands 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) amends the Commission’s 

rules to promote spectrum efficiency, 

interoperability, and flexibility in 700 

MHz public safety narrowband (769– 

775/799–805 MHz). 

DATES: Effective July 30, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

A. Evanoff, Policy and Licensing 

Division, Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau, (202) 418–0848 or 

john.evanoff@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Second 

Report and Order on Reconsideration in 

PS Docket No. 13–87, FCC 18–11, 

released on February 12, 2018, and 

corrected by Erratum released on May 

10, 2018. The complete text of this 

document is also available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th 

Street SW, Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to FCC504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (TTY). 

Synopsis 

In this Second Report and Order, the 

Commission amends and clarifies the 

Commission’s 700 MHz narrowband 

(769–775/799–805 MHz) 

interoperability and technical rules. 

Specifically, this Second Report and 

Order (1) amends and clarifies the rules 

to exempt 700 MHz low-power 

Vehicular Repeater Systems (VRS) from 

the 700 MHz trunking requirements; (2) 

amends the rules to ensure that 700 

MHz public safety licensees receive 

information on the basis of vendor 

assertions that equipment is 

interoperable across vendors and 

complies with Project 25 (P25) 

standards; and (3) amends the rules to 

require that all narrowband mobile and 

portable 700 MHz public safety radios, 

as supplied to the ultimate user, must be 

capable of operating on all of the 

narrowband nationwide interoperability 

channels without addition of hardware, 

firmware, or software, and must be 

interoperable across vendors and 

operate in conformance with P25 

standards. 

In the companion Order on 

Reconsideration, the Commission 

addresses the Petition for Partial 

Reconsideration filed by Motorola 

Solutions, Inc. (Motorola), which 

requested that the Commission 

postpone the effective date of certain 

previously adopted rules (i.e. 47 CFR 

Sections 2.1033(c) and 90.548(c)) until 

complementary proposals that were the 

subject of the Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding 

are resolved. As requested by Motorola, 

we adopt a uniform effective date for the 

rules that were the subject of the 

Motorola Petition for Partial 

Reconsideration and the rules newly 

adopted in this Second Report and 

Order. 

Procedural Matters 

The Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis required by section 604 of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 604, 

is included in Appendix A of the 

Second Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration. 

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

As required by the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended 

(RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis (IRFA) was incorporated into 

the Further Notice of Proposed Rule 

Making (FNPRM) in PS Docket No. 13– 

87 released on August 22, 2016. See 81 

FR 65984 (2016). The Commission 

sought written public comment on 

proposals in the FNPRM, including 

comments on the IRFA. No comments 

were filed addressing the IRFA. The 

present Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis (FRFA) conforms to the RFA. 

Need for, and Objectives of, the Final 

Rules 

In the Second Report and Order in 

this proceeding, we amend the 

interoperability and technical rules 

governing 700 MHz public safety 

narrowband spectrum (769–775 MHz 

and 799–805 MHz). The rule changes 

promote interoperable and efficient use 

of 700 MHz public safety narrowband 

spectrum while reducing the regulatory 

burdens on public safety entities, 

manufacturers and other stakeholders 

wherever possible. In order to achieve 

these objectives, we revise the rules to 

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systems (VRS) from the narrowband 

trunking requirements. Exempting low 

power VRS from the trunking 

requirements will facilitate rapid 

deployment of such systems as well as 

reduce compliance burdens on public 

safety entities that currently lack access 

to trunked equipment. We also amend 

the rule to clarify that the trunking 

requirement applies to fixed 

infrastructure. 

We adopt a list of feature sets and 

capabilities that must be tested in order 

to ensure that radios operating in the 

conventional mode on the designated 

700 MHz narrowband interoperability 

channels are in fact interoperable across 

vendors. Adopting such a list promotes 

certainty for public safety and 

manufacturers and promotes 

competition in the public safety 

equipment market. 

We amend the rules concerning the 

requirement that 700 MHz radios be 

capable of being programmed to operate 

on the designated 700 MHz narrowband 

interoperability channels. Clarification 

provides greater certainty to equipment 

manufacturers on the required 

performance of their equipment. 

Summary of Significant Issues Raised 

by Public Comments in Response to the 

IRFA 

There were no comments filed that 

specifically addressed the rules and 

policies proposed in the IRFA. 

Response to Comments by Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration 

Pursuant to the Small Business Jobs 

Act of 2010, which amended the RFA, 

the Commission is required to respond 

to any comments filed by the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration (SBA), and to 

provide a detailed statement of any 

change made to the proposed rules as a 

result of those comments. 

The Chief Counsel did not file any 

comments in response to the proposed 

rules in this proceeding. 

Description and Estimate of the Number 

of Small Entities to Which the Final 

Rules Will Apply 

The RFA directs agencies to provide 

a description of and, where feasible, an 

estimate of the number of small entities 

that may be affected by the proposed 

rules adopted herein. The RFA generally 

defines the term ‘‘small entity’’ as 

having the same meaning as the terms 

‘‘small business,’’ ‘‘small organization,’’ 

and ‘‘small governmental jurisdiction.’’ 

In addition, the term ‘‘small business’’ 

has the same meaning as the term 

‘‘small business concern’’ under the 

Small Business Act.’’ A ‘‘small business 

concern’’ is one which: (1) Is 

independently owned and operated; (2) 

is not dominant in its field of operation; 

and (3) satisfies any additional criteria 

established by the SBA. 

Public Safety Radio Licensees. As a 

general matter, Public Safety Radio 

licensees include police, fire, local 

government, forestry conservation, 

highway maintenance, and emergency 

medical services. Because of the vast 

array of public safety licensees, the 

Commission has not developed a small 

business size standard specifically 

applicable to public safety licensees. 

The closest applicable SBA category is 

Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 

(except Satellite) which encompasses 

business entities engaged in 

radiotelephone communications. The 

appropriate size standard for this 

category under SBA rules is that such a 

business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer 

employees. For this industry, U.S. 

Census data for 2012 show that there 

were 967 firms that operated for the 

entire year. Of this total, 955 firms had 

employment of 999 or fewer employees 

and 12 had employment of 1,000 

employees or more. Thus under this 

category and the associated size 

standard, the Commission estimates that 

the majority of wireless 

telecommunications carriers (except 

satellite) are small entities. With respect 

to local governments, in particular, 

since many governmental entities 

comprise the licensees for these 

services, we include under public safety 

services the number of government 

entities affected. According to 

Commission records, there are a total of 

approximately 133,870 licenses within 

these services. There are 1,476 licenses 

in the 700 MHz band, based on an FCC 

Universal Licensing System search of 

May 25, 2017. Public Safety Radio 

licensees are not required to disclose 

information about number of 

employees, therefore the Commission 

does not have information that could be 

used to determine how many Public 

Safety Radio licensees constitute small 

entities under this definition. 

Nevertheless, we estimate that fewer 

than 486 public safety radio licensees 

hold these licenses because certain 

entities may have multiple licenses. 

Wireless Telecommunications 

Carriers (except Satellite). This industry 

comprises establishments engaged in 

operating and maintaining switching 

and transmission facilities to provide 

communications via the airwaves. 

Establishments in this industry have 

spectrum licenses and provide services 

using that spectrum, such as cellular 

services, paging services, wireless 

internet access, and wireless video 

services. The appropriate size standard 

under SBA rules is that such a business 

is small if it has 1,500 or fewer 

employees. For this industry, U.S. 

Census data for 2012 show that there 

were 967 firms that operated for the 

entire year. Of this total, 955 firms had 

employment of 999 or fewer employees 

and 12 had employment of 1,000 

employees or more. Thus under this 

category and the associated size 

standard, the Commission estimates that 

the majority of wireless 

telecommunications carriers (except 

satellite) are small entities. 

The Commission’s own data— 

available in its Universal Licensing 

System—indicate that, as of October 25, 

2016, there are 280 Cellular licensees 

that will be affected by our actions 

today. The Commission does not know 

how many of these licensees are small, 

as the Commission does not collect that 

information for these types of entities. 

Similarly, according to internally 

developed Commission data, 413 

carriers reported that they were engaged 

in the provision of wireless telephony, 

including cellular service, Personal 

Communications Service, and 

Specialized Mobile Radio Telephony 

services. Of this total, an estimated 261 

have 1,500 or fewer employees, and 152 

have more than 1,500 employees. Thus, 

using available data, we estimate that 

the majority of wireless firms can be 

considered small. 

Radio and Television Broadcasting 

and Wireless Communications 

Equipment Manufacturing. This 

industry comprises establishments 

primarily engaged in manufacturing 

radio and television broadcast and 

wireless communications equipment. 

Examples of products made by the 

establishments are: Transmitting and 

receiving antennas, cable television 

equipment, GPS equipment, pagers, 

cellular phones, mobile 

communications equipment, and radio 

and television studio and broadcasting 

equipment. The Small Business 

Administration has established a size 

standard for this industry of 750 

employees or fewer. U.S. Census data 

for 2012 show that 841 establishments 

operated in this industry in that year. Of 

that number, 828 establishments 

operated with fewer than 1,000 

employees, 7 establishments operated 

with between 1,000 and 2,499 

employees and 6 establishments 

operated with 2,500 or more employees. 

Based on this data, we conclude that a 

majority of manufacturers in this 

industry is small. 


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Description of Projected Reporting, 

Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance 

Requirements 

The rules adopted in the Second 

Report and Order will not entail 

additional reporting, recordkeeping, 

and/or third-party consultation for small 

entities to comply. 

Steps Taken To Minimize Significant 

Economic Impact on Small Entities, and 

Significant Alternatives Considered 

The RFA requires an agency to 

describe any significant, specifically 

small business alternatives that it has 

considered in reaching its proposed 

approach, which may include the 

following four alternatives (among 

others): ‘‘(1) The establishment of 

differing compliance or reporting 

requirements or timetables that take into 

account the resources available to small 

entities; (2) the clarification, 

consolidation, or simplification of 

compliance or reporting requirements 

under the rule for small entities; (3) the 

use of performance, rather than design, 

standards; and (4) and exemption from 

coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, 

for small entities.’’ 

The Second Report and Order 

changes the interoperability and 

technical rules covering operation of 

public safety systems on narrowband 

spectrum in the 700 MHz band. 

Specifically, the Second Report and 

Order amends Section 90.537 of the 

Commission’s rules to promote efficient 

use of public safety narrowband 

spectrum in the band while reducing 

economic burdens on licensees. For the 

700 MHz General Use and State License 

channels, Section 90.537 provides that 

‘‘[a]ll systems using six or more 

narrowband channels in the 769–775 

MHz and 799–805 MHz frequency 

bands must be trunked systems, except 

for those described in paragraph (b) of 

this section.’’ In order to strike the 

proper balance between spectrum 

efficiency and operational needs as well 

as avoid unnecessary costs to public 

safety, the Second Report and Order 

exempts low power vehicular repeaters 

from the 700 MHz narrowband trunking 

requirements and clarifies that the 

trunking requirement applies to 

individual transmitter sites. 

The Second Report and Order 

maximizes interoperability by adopting 

a list of feature sets and capabilities in 

radios designed to operate in the 

conventional mode on the designated 

700 MHz narrowband interoperability 

channels. Currently, the Commission’s 

rules do not specify feature sets or 

capabilities that should be tested in 

order to promote interoperability across 

vendors and between users. Thus, it 

would be beneficial to incorporate into 

our rules specific feature sets and 

capabilities that must be tested for 

radios designed to operate on the 700 

MHz narrowband interoperability 

channels. To minimize burdens, the 

Second Report and Order clarifies that 

manufacturers may employ their own 

testing protocol, declines to require 

manufacturers to test non-voice features 

and capabilities, and refrains from 

imposing new reporting and record 

keeping requirements on stakeholders. 

Finally, the Second Report and Order 

amends the rules concerning the 

requirement that 700 MHz radios be 

capable of being programmed to operate 

on the designated interoperability 

channels. Amendment provides greater 

certainty to equipment manufacturers 

on the required performance of their 

equipment. Amending the rule obviates 

the need for imposing new requirements 

on public safety and manufacturers. 

Report to Congress 

The Commission will send a copy of 

the Second Report and Order, including 

this FRFA, in a report to Congress 

pursuant to the Congressional Review 

Act. In addition, the Commission will 

send a copy of the Second Report and 

Order, including this FRFA, to the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. A 

copy of this Second Report and Order, 

and FRFA (or summaries thereof) will 

also be published in the Federal 

Register. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

Analysis 

This document does not contain new 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. 

Congressional Review Act 

The Commission will send a copy of 

this Second Report and Order and 

Order on Reconsideration to Congress 

and the Government Accountability 

Office pursuant to the Congressional 

Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

Federal Rules That May Duplicate, 

Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed 

Rules 

None. 

Ordering Clauses 

Accordingly, it is ordered that, 

pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 303, 316, 

332, and 337 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 

154(i), 303, 316, 332, and 337, this 

Second Report and Order is hereby 

adopted. 

It is further ordered that 

§§ 2.1033(c)(20), 90.537, 90.547 and 

90.548 of the Commission’s rules, 47 

CFR 2.1033(c)(20), 90.537, 90.547, and 

90.548, are amended as set forth in 

Appendix B. The amendments to 

§§ 2.1033(c)(20), 90.537, 90.547 and 

90.548 of the Commission’s rules, 47 

CFR 2.1033(c)(20), 90.537, 90.547 and 

90.548, shall become effective thirty 

days after publication of this Second 

Report and Order in the Federal 

Register. 

It is further ordered that the Petition 

for Clarification of Motorola Solutions, 

Inc. filed March 1, 2016, is granted, to 

the extent discussed in this Second 

Report and Order. 

It is further ordered, pursuant to 

sections 4(i), and 405 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), and 405(a), 

and § 1.429 of the Commission’s rules, 

47 CFR 1.429, that the Petition for 

Partial Reconsideration filed October 31, 

2016, by Motorola Solutions, Inc. is 

granted to the extent discussed in this 

Second Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration. 

It is further ordered, that the 

Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 

Information Center, shall send a copy of 

this Second Report and Order, 

including the Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration. 

It is further ordered that the 

Commission shall send a copy of this 

Second Report and Order in a report to 

be sent to Congress and the General 

Accounting Office pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Parts 2 and 

90 

Radio. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR parts 2 and 

90 as follows: 

PART 2—FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS 

AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; 

GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 2 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302, 303, 307, 

336, and 337, unless otherwise noted. 


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■ 2. Section 2.1033 is amended by 

revising paragraph (c)(20) to read as 

follows: 

§ 2.1033 Application for certification. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(20) Before equipment operating 

under part 90 of this chapter and 

capable of operating on the 700 MHz 

interoperability channels (See 

§ 90.531(b)(1) of this chapter) may be 

marketed or sold, the manufacturer 

thereof shall have a Compliance 

Assessment Program Supplier’s 

Declaration of Compliance and 

Summary Test Report or, alternatively, 

a document detailing how the 

manufacturer determined that its 

equipment complies with § 90.548 of 

this chapter and that the equipment is 

interoperable across vendors. 

Submission of a 700 MHz narrowband 

radio for certification will constitute a 

representation by the manufacturer that 

the radio will be shown, by testing, to 

be interoperable across vendors before it 

is marketed or sold. 

* * * * * 

PART 90—PRIVATE LAND MOBILE 

RADIO SERVICE 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 90 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 303(r), 

and 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 

303(g), 303(r), and 332(c)(7), and Title VI of 

the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 

Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112–96, 126 Stat. 156. 

■ 4. Section 90.537 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 90.537 Trunking requirement. 

(a) General use and State License 

channels. All fixed transmitter sites 

using six or more narrowband channels 

in the 769–775 MHz and 799–805 MHz 

frequency bands must be trunked, 

except for those described in paragraph 

(b) of this section. This paragraph does 

not apply to Vehicular Repeater Systems 

(MO3) authorized on the General Use 

and State License channels listed in 

§ 90.531(b). 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Section 90.547 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a) introductory text 

to read as follows: 

§ 90.547 Narrowband Interoperability 

channel capability requirement. 

(a) Except as noted in this section, 

mobile and portable transmitters 

operating on narrowband channels in 

the 769–775 MHz and 799–805 MHz 

frequency bands must be capable of 

operating on all of the designated 

nationwide narrowband Interoperability 

channels pursuant to the standards 

specified in this part. Provided, 

however, that the licensee need not 

program such transmitters to make all 

interoperability channels accessible to 

the end user. 

* * * * * 

■ 6. Section 90.548 is amended by 

revising paragraph (c) and adding 

paragraph (d) to read as follows: 

§ 90.548 Interoperability Technical 

Standards. 

* * * * * 

(c) Transceivers capable of operating 

on the narrowband Interoperability 

channels listed in § 90.531(b)(1) shall 

not be marketed or sold unless the 

transceiver has previously been certified 

for interoperability by the Compliance 

Assessment Program (CAP) 

administered by the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security; provided, however, 

that this requirement is suspended if the 

CAP is discontinued. Submission of a 

700 MHz narrowband radio for 

certification will constitute a 

representation by the manufacturer that 

the radio will be shown, by testing, to 

be interoperable across vendors before it 

is marketed or sold. In the alternative, 

manufacturers may employ their own 

protocol for verifying compliance with 

Project 25 standards and determining 

that their product is interoperable 

among vendors. In the event that field 

experience reveals that a transceiver is 

not interoperable, the Commission may 

require the manufacturer thereof to 

provide evidence of compliance with 

this section. 

(d) Transceivers capable of 

conventional operations on the 

narrowband Interoperability channels 

listed in § 90.531(b)(1) must, at a 

minimum, include the following feature 

sets and capabilities while operating in 

the conventional mode to be validated 

for compliance with the Project 25 

standards consistent with 

§ 2.1033(c)(20) of this chapter and 

paragraph (c) of this section. 

(1) A subscriber unit must be capable 

of issuing group calls in a conventional 

system in conformance with the 

following standards: TIA 102.BAAD–B 

Conventional Procedures (2015), 

Section 6.1 with validation testing 

according to TIA–102.CABA 

Interoperability Testing for Voice 

Operation in Conventional Systems 

(2010), Test Case 2.2.2.4.1, and Test 

Case 2.4.2.4.1. 

(2) Two Project 25 standard squelch 

modes, Monitor Squelch and Normal 

Squelch, must be supported in 

conformance with the following 

standards: TIA 102.BAAD–B 

Conventional Procedures (2015), 

Section 6.1.1.3 with validation testing 

according to TIA–102.CABA 

Conventional Interoperability Testing 

for Voice Operation in Conventional 

Systems (2010), Test Case 2.2.3.4.1, Test 

Case 2.2.1.4.1 (Direct, normal squelch), 

Test Case 2.4.9.4.1 (Repeated, monitor 

squelch), and Test Case 2.4.1.4.1 

(Repeated, normal squelch). 

(3) A subscriber unit must properly 

implement conventional network access 

codes values (NAC) of $293 and $F7E in 

conformance with the following 

standards: TIA–102.BAAC–C Common 

Air Interface Reserved Values (2011), 

Section 2.1 with validation testing 

according to TIA–102.CABA 

Interoperability Testing for Voice 

Operation in Conventional Systems 

(2010), Test Case 2.2.1.4.1 and Test Case 

2.2.8.4.1. 

(4) A fixed conventional repeater 

must be able to repeat the correct/ 

matching network access code (NAC) for 

all subscriber call types (clear and 

encrypted) using the same output NAC 

in conformance with the following 

standards: TIA 102.BAAD–B 

Conventional Procedures (2015), 

Section 2.5 with validation testing 

according to TIA–102.CABA 

Interoperability Testing for Voice 

Operation in Conventional Systems 

(2010), Test Case 2.4.1.4.1, and Test 

Case 2.4.2.4.1. 

(5) A fixed conventional repeater 

must be able to repeat the correct/ 

matching network access code (NAC) for 

all subscriber call types (clear and 

encrypted) using a different output NAC 

in conformance with the following 

standards: TIA 102.BAAD–B 

Conventional Procedures (2015), 

Section 2.5 with validation testing 

according to TIA–102.CABA 

Interoperability Testing for Voice 

Operation in Conventional Systems 

(2010), Test Case 2.4.3.4.1 and Test Case 

2.4.4.4.1. 

(6) A fixed conventional repeater 

must be able to reject (no repeat) all 

input transmissions with incorrect 

network access code (NAC) in 

conformance with the following 

standard: TIA 102.BAAD–B 

Conventional Procedures (2015), 

Section 2.5 with validation testing 

according to TIA–102.CABA 

Interoperability Testing for Voice 

Operation in Conventional Systems 

(2010), Test Case 2.4.1.4.1, and Test 

Case 2.4.2.4.1. 

(7) A fixed conventional repeater 

must be able to support the correct 

implementation of network access code 

(NAC) values $F7E and $F7F in 

conformance with the following 

standards: TIA 102.BAAD–B 


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Conventional Procedures (2015), 

Section 2.5 with validation testing 

according to TIA–102.CABA 

Interoperability Testing for Voice 

Operation in Conventional Systems 

(2010), Test Case 2.4.5.4.1, Test Case 

2.4.6.4.1, and Test Case 2.4.7.4.1. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 18–543; MB Docket No. 18–27; RM– 

11796] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; Desert 

Hills, Arizona 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: At the request of L. Topaz 

Enterprises, Inc., the Audio Division 

amends the FM Table of Allotments by 

adding Channel 292A at Desert Hills, 

Arizona. We find that the public interest 

would be served by allotting a second 

local service at Desert Hills, Arizona. A 

staff engineering analysis indicates that 

Channel 292A can be added at Desert 

Hills, Arizona, as proposed, consistent 

with the minimum distance separation 

requirements of the Commission’s rules 

without a site restriction. The reference 

coordinates are 34–32–58 NL and 114– 

22–2 WL. 

DATES: Effective July 9, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Y. Denysyk, Media Bureau, 

(202) 418–2700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, MB Docket No. 18–27, 

adopted May 25, 2018, and released 

May 25, 2018. The full text of this 

Commission decision is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC’s Reference 

Information Center at Portals II, CY– 

A257, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, 

DC 20554. The full text is also available 

online at http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. This 

document does not contain information 

collection requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. The Commission 

will send a copy of the Report and 

Order in a report to be sent to Congress 

and the Government Accountability 

Office pursuant to the Congressional 

Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Radio, Radio broadcasting. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Nazifa Sawez, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 309, 310, 

334, 336, and 339. 

■ 2. Section 73.202(b), the table is 

amended under Arizona, by adding 

Desert Hills, Channel 292A, in 

alphabetical order to read as follows: 

§ 73.202 Table of Allotments. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

Channel No. 

* * * * * 

Arizona 

* * * * * 

Desert Hills ........................... 292A 

* * * * * 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2018–13794 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 170817779–8161–02] 

RIN 0648–XG317 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Plaice 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 Alaska plaice in the Bering 

Sea and Aleutian Islands management 

area (BSAI). This action is necessary to 

prevent exceeding the 2018 Alaska 

plaice total allowable catch (TAC) 

specified for the BSAI. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), June 25, 2018, through 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 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 2018 Alaska plaice TAC specified 

for the BSAI is 16,100 metric tons as 

established by the final 2018 and 2019 

harvest specifications for groundfish in 

the BSAI (83 FR 8365, February 27, 

2018). 

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

the Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS, (Regional Administrator) has 

determined that the 2018 Alaska plaice 

TAC in the BSAI will soon be reached. 

Therefore, the Regional Administrator is 

establishing a directed fishing 

allowance of 15,100 mt, and is setting 

aside the remaining 1,000 mt as bycatch 

to support other anticipated groundfish 

fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for Alaska plaice in the 

BSAI. 

While this closure is effective the 

maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

This action responds to the best 

available information recently obtained 

from the fishery. The Assistant 

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA 

(AA), finds good cause to waive the 

requirement to provide prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would prevent NMFS from 

responding to the most recent fisheries 

data in a timely fashion and would 

delay the directed fishery closure of 

Alaska plaice in the BSAI. NMFS was 

unable to publish a notice providing 


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