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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 25 

[GN Docket No. 23–65; IB Docket No. 22– 

271; FCC 24–28; FR ID 264973] 

Single Network Future: Supplemental 

Coverage From Space Information 

Collection Approval for Space Station 

and Earth Station Applications 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

certain rules adopted in a Report and 

Order, FCC 24–28, in GN Docket No. 

23–65 and IB Docket No. 22–271 (SCS 

Report and Order) for space station and 

earth station applicants wishing to 

provide supplemental coverage from 

space (SCS). The SCS Report and Order 

stated that the Commission would 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the effective date 

of rules which were delayed 

indefinitely. With this document, the 

Commission is announcing the effective 

date of the rules applicable to space 

station and earth station applicants. 

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 

25.125(b)(1) and (2) and (c), published 

at 89 FR 34148 on April 30, 2024, are 

effective on December 5, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Neville, Space Bureau, at 

(202) 418–1671 or Stephanie.Neville@

fcc.gov. For information regarding the 

Paperwork Reduction Act information 

collection requirements, contact Cathy 

Williams, Office of Managing Director, 

at (202) 418–2918 or via email at 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on October 

16, 2024, OMB approved the 

information collection requirements in 

47 CFR 25.125(b)(1) and (2) and (c), as 

modified in the SCS Report and Order 

(89 FR 34148, April 30, 2024). The SCS 

Report and Order stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of those rules. This 

document announces the effective date 

of those rules. Rules adopted in the SCS 

Report and Order that did not require 

OMB approval became effective on May 

30, 2024, as identified in the Federal 

Register publication of the SCS Report 

and Order. Moreover, the effective date 

of other rule amendments adopted in 

the SCS Report and Order that also 

required OMB approval either already 

have been announced (89 FR 81013, 

Oct. 7, 2024) or will be announced 

separately. 

If you have any comments on the 

burden estimates listed below, or how 

the Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, 

regarding OMB Control Number 3060– 

0678. Please include the applicable 

OMB Control Number(s) in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via email at 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

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 and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received final OMB approval on 

October 16, 2024, for the information 

collection requirements in 47 CFR 

25.125(b)(1) and (2) and (c), as modified 

in the SCS Report and Order. 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, valid OMB Control Number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act that does not display a 

current, valid OMB Control Number. 

The OMB Control Number for the 

information collection requirements in 

these rules is 3060–0678. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0678. 

OMB Approval Date: October 16, 

2024. 

OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 

2027. 

Title: Part 25 of the Federal 

Communications Commission’s Rules 

Governing the Licensing of, and 

Spectrum Usage By, Commercial Earth 

Stations and Space Stations. 

Form Number: FCC Form 312 (Main 

Form and Schedules A, B, and S), FCC 

Form 312–R. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 3,535 respondents and 3,587 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–80 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

one time and annual reporting 

requirements; third-party disclosure 

requirement; recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 

157, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, and 310. 

Total Annual Burden: 27,620. 

Annual Cost Burden: $4,154,267. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will use the information collected under 

this revised information collection to 

effect the policies adopted in SCS 

Report and Order released on March 15, 

2024. The SCS regulatory framework 

enables collaborations between satellite 

service providers and terrestrial service 

providers to offer ubiquitous 

connectivity directly to consumer 

handsets using spectrum that was 

previously allocated only to terrestrial 

service. The Commission anticipates 

that SCS will enable consumers in areas 

not covered by terrestrial networks to be 

connected using their existing devices 

via satellite-based communications. SCS 

is a crucial component of the 

Commission’s vision for a ‘‘single 

network future,’’ in which satellite and 

terrestrial networks work seamlessly 

together to provide coverage that neither 

network can achieve on its own. 

The SCS Report and Order largely 

preserves the existing 47 CFR part 25 

service rules governing satellite 

communications and applies them to 

operators who now seek to provide SCS 

services. For instance, the rules for 47 

CFR part 25 license terms and renewals, 

spectrum milestones, surety bond 

requirements, automatic termination, 

and orbital debris mitigation 

requirements are unchanged. The SCS 

Report and Order further requires that 

parties who wish to provide SCS 

submit, via FCC Form 312, either a new 

application or a modification 

application to offer expanded services. 

Said applications must include 

certifications that: (1) a lease 

notification or application pursuant to 

47 CFR 1.9047 has been filed; (2) the 

space station licensee or grantee of 

market access that seeks modification of 

its 47 CFR part 25 authority in order to 

provide SCS will do so in the same 


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geographic areas covered by the relevant 

geographically independent area (GIA); 

and (3) SCS earth stations will qualify 

as licensed by rule earth stations under 

47 CFR 25.115(q). Applicants must also 

describe in detail their proposals to 

provide SCS service on existing FCC 

Form 312, Schedule S. 

The Commission will use this 

information to assess applicants’ legal, 

technical, and other qualifications to 

provide SCS, and to conclude whether, 

and under what conditions, grant of an 

authorization will serve the public 

interest. Further, this information 

collection will enable the Commission 

to monitor and enforce the entry criteria 

for SCS providers that the SCS Report 

and Order imposed, which are designed 

to minimize the possibility of 

interference between co-channel 

operators and geographically adjacent 

markets. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28424 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0058] 

RIN 2127–AM64 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child 

Restraint Systems,’’ FMVSS No. 213a, 

‘‘Child Restraint Systems—Side Impact 

Protection,’’ and FMVSS No. 213b, 

‘‘Child Restraint Systems’’—Response 

to Petitions for Reconsideration; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule; response to petitions 

for reconsideration; correction. 

SUMMARY: On October 9, 2024, NHTSA 

issued a final rule responding to 

petitions for reconsideration of a June 

2022 final rule establishing Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

No. 213a and the December 2023 final 

rule establishing FMVSS No. 213b. That 

rule contained an amendatory 

instruction to amend a section of text 

that did not exist. This document 

provides the correct amendatory 

instruction. It does not change the 

regulatory text set forth in the October 

9, 2024 final rule. 

DATES: Effective on December 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical issues, you may call Cristina 

Echemendia, Office of Crashworthiness 

Standards (telephone: (202) 366–6345). 

For legal issues, you may call Matthew 

Filpi, Office of Chief Counsel 

(telephone: (202) 366–2992). Address: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Washington, 

DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document corrects a drafting error in the 

amendatory instructions of an October 

9, 2024 final rule (89 FR 81836) 

responding to petitions for 

reconsideration of a June 30, 2022 final 

rule (87 FR 39234) establishing FMVSS 

No. 213a and a December 5, 2023 final 

rule (88 FR 84514) establishing FMVSS 

No. 213b. Amendatory instruction 2.f in 

that final rule directed that, among other 

sections, section ‘‘S5.8.2.1 introductory 

text’’ of FMVSS No. 213 be revised. 

However, S5.8.2.1 has no introductory 

text—only a title. As set forth in the 

revised regulatory text, NHTSA 

intended to amend the introductory text 

of S5.8.2.1(a). Because of this drafting 

error, the Code of Federal Regulations 

could not be updated with the revised 

regulatory text. This document sets forth 

the same regulatory text set forth in the 

October 9, 2024 final rule with the 

proper amendatory instruction so that 

the revised regulatory text published on 

October 9, 2024 can be incorporated 

into the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Good cause exists for this change to be 

effective immediately because the 

regulatory text has not been altered from 

what was published on October 9, 2024. 

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571 

Imports, Incorporation by Reference, 

Motor vehicle safety, Motor vehicles, 

and Tires. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA corrects 49 CFR part 571 by 

making the following correcting 

amendment. 

PART 571—FEDERAL MOTOR 

VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 571 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 

30117 and 30166; delegation of authority at 

49 CFR 1.95. 

■ 2. Section 571.213 is amended by 

revising the introductory text to 

paragraph S5.8.2.1(a) to read as follows: 

§ 571.213 Child restraint systems; 

Applicable unless a vehicle or child 

restraint system is certified to § 571.213b. 

* * * * * 

S5.8.2.1 * * * 

(a) Each electronic registration form 

provided for child restraint systems 

manufactured on or after June 30, 2025, 

shall: 

* * * * * 

Issued under authority delegated in 

49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator, Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28165 Filed 12–3–24; 8:45 am] 

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