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with any individual spacecraft that will 

be disposed by atmospheric re-entry. 

(2) Where relevant, the disclosures 

must include the following: Use of 

separate deployment devices, distinct 

from the space station launch vehicle, 

that may become a source of orbital 

debris; potential release of liquids that 

will persist in droplet form; and any 

planned proximity operations and 

debris generation that will or may result 

from the proposed operations, including 

any planned release of debris, the risk 

of accidental explosions, the risk of 

accidental collision, and measures taken 

to mitigate those risks. 

(3) The existing disclosure 

requirement to analyze potential 

collision risk associated with space 

station(s) orbits has been modified to 

specify that the disclosure identify 

characteristics of the space station(s)’ 

orbits that may present a collision risk, 

including any planned and/or 

operational space stations in those 

orbits, and indicate what steps, if any, 

have been taken to coordinate with the 

other spacecraft or system, or what other 

measures the operator plans to use to 

avoid collision. 

(4) For NGSO space stations that will 

transit through the orbits used by any 

inhabitable spacecraft, including the 

International Space Station, the 

disclosure must include the design and 

operational strategies, if any, that will 

be used to minimize the risk of collision 

and avoid posing any operational 

constraints to the inhabitable spacecraft. 

(5) The disclosure must include a 

certification that upon receipt of a space 

situational awareness conjunction 

warning, the operator will review and 

take all possible steps to assess the 

collision risk, and will mitigate the 

collision risk if necessary. As 

appropriate, steps to assess and mitigate 

the collision risk should include, but are 

not limited to: Contacting the operator 

of any active spacecraft involved in 

such a warning; sharing ephemeris data 

and other appropriate operational 

information with any such operator; and 

modifying space station attitude and/or 

operations. 

(6) For NGSO space stations the 

disclosure must describe the extent of 

satellite maneuverability. 

(7) The disclosure must address 

trackability of the space station(s). For 

NGSO space stations the disclosure 

must also include: (a) How the operator 

plans to identify the space station(s) 

following deployment and whether the 

space station tracking will be active or 

passive; (b) whether, prior to 

deployment the space station(s) will be 

registered with the 18th Space Control 

Squadron or successor entity; and (c) 

the extent to which the space station 

operator plans to share information 

regarding initial deployment, 

ephemeris, and/or planned maneuvers 

with the 18th Space Control Squadron 

or successor entity, other entities that 

engage in space situational awareness or 

space traffic management functions, 

and/or other operators. 

(8) For NGSO space stations, 

additional disclosures must be provided 

regarding spacecraft disposal, including, 

for some space stations, a demonstration 

that the probability of success of the 

chosen disposal method is 0.9 or greater 

for any individual space station, and for 

multi-satellite systems, a demonstration 

including additional information 

regarding efforts to achieve a higher 

probability of success. 

These information collection 

requirements are contained in 47 CFR 

5.64 and 97.207. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20193 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 25 

[IB Docket No. 18–314; FCC 20–159; FR ID 

46198] 

Further Streamlining FCC Rules 

Governing Satellite Services 

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 new information collection 

requirements associated with a new rule 

adopted in Further Streamlining FCC 

Rules Governing Satellite Services, FCC 

20–159, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of the new rule. 

DATES: The addition of 47 CFR 

25.136(h), published at 86 FR 11880 on 

March 1, 2021, is effective September 

20, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay 

DeCell, Clay.DeCell@fcc.gov, 202–418– 

0803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that OMB 

approved the information collection 

requirements in 47 CFR 25.136(h) on 

August 26, 2021. This rule was adopted 

in Further Streamlining FCC Rules 

Governing Satellite Services, FCC 20– 

159. The Commission publishes this 

document as an announcement of the 

effective date for this new rule. The 

other rule amendments adopted in 

Further Streamlining FCC Rules 

Governing Satellite Services did not 

require OMB approval and became 

effective on March 31, 2021. See 86 FR 

11880 (Mar. 1, 2021). 

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, Room 3.317, 45 L Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20554, regarding 

OMB Control Number 3060–1215. 

Please include the OMB Control 

Number 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 

August 26, 2021, for the information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 25.136(h). 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 47 CFR 25.136(h) is 3060–1215. 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: 3060–1215. 

OMB Approval Date: August 26, 2021. 

OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 

2024. 

Title: Use of Spectrum Bands Above 

24 GHz for Mobile Radio Services. 

Form Number: N/A. 

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

state, local and tribal government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,670 respondents; 1,670 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .5–10 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; third party 

disclosure requirement; upon 

commencement of service, or within 3 

years of effective date of rules; and at 

end of license term, or 2024 for 

incumbent licensees. 

Obligation to Respond: Statutory 

authority for this collection are 

contained in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 

201, 225, 227, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 304, 

307, 309, 310, 316, 319, 332, and 336 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, 47 

U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 160, 

201, 225, 227, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 304, 

307, 309, 310, 316, 319, 332, 336, 

Section 706 of the Telecommunications 

Act of 1996, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 

1302. 

Total Annual Burden: 790 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $581,250. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: On November 19, 

2020, the Commission released a Report 

and Order, FCC 20–159, in IB Docket 

No. 18–314, titled, ‘‘Further 

Streamlining Part 25 Rules Governing 

Satellite Services.’’ In this Report and 

Order, among other rule changes, the 

Commission adopted an optional, 

extended build-out period for earth 

station licensees. The optional build-out 

period increases the allowable time for 

an earth station to be brought into 

operation from within one year after 

licensing, to within: Up to five years 

and six months for earth stations 

operating with geostationary satellites; 

or, up to six years and six months for 

earth stations operating with nongeostationary satellites. As a companion 

provision to this new build-out period 

option, the Commission adopted a 

requirement for earth station licensees 

subject to 47 CFR 25.136 to recoordinate with licensees of Upper 

Microwave Flexible Use Service 

(UMFUS) stations if the earth station is 

brought into operation later than one 

year after the date of the license grant. 

The earth station licensee must 

complete re-coordination within one 

year before its commencement of 

operation. The re-coordination should 

account for any demographic or 

geographic changes as well as changes 

to the earth station equipment or 

configuration. A re-coordination notice 

must also be filed with the Commission 

before commencement of earth station 

operations. 

This information collection is used by 

UMFUS licensees to provide accurate 

information on the earth station 

operations notwithstanding the 

substantially longer earth station buildout period that was adopted. The 

collection also counterbalances the 

potential chilling of some UMFUS 

developments that might otherwise 

result from the extended earth station 

build-out periods, and thereby serves as 

an important check on potential 

warehousing. Without such information, 

the Commission would not be able to 

regulate the shared use of 

radiofrequencies among earth stations 

and UMFUS stations in the public 

interest, in accordance with the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 100217097–1757–02; RTID 

0648–XB419] 

Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of 

Mexico; 2021 Commercial and 

Recreational Closure of Silk Snapper, 

Queen Snapper, Blackfin Snapper, and 

Wenchman 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements an 

accountability measure (AM) applicable 

to all harvest of species in the mid-water 

snapper stock complex, consisting of 

silk snapper, queen snapper, blackfin 

snapper, and wenchman in the Gulf of 

Mexico (Gulf) exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). NMFS determined that combined 

commercial and recreational landings of 

the species in the mid-water snapper 

complex in the 2021 fishing year have 

exceeded the annual catch limit (ACL). 

Therefore, NMFS closes the Gulf EEZ to 

all harvest of species in the mid-water 

snapper complex on September 18, 

2021, for the remainder of the 2021 

fishing year. This closure is necessary to 

protect the species in the mid-water 

snapper complex. 

DATES: The closure is effective at 12:01 

a.m., local time, September 18, 2021, 

until January 1, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelli O’Donnell, NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office, telephone: 727–824– 

5305, email: kelli.odonnell@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the Gulf reef fish fishery, 

which includes the mid-water snapper 

complex (silk snapper, queen snapper, 

blackfin snapper, and wenchman) under 

the Fishery Management Plan for the 

Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of 

Mexico (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council. The FMP is 

implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. All 

weights described in this temporary rule 

apply as round weight. 

The ACL for the mid-water snapper 

complex is 166,000 lb (75,296 kg) 

during the fishing year of January 1 

through December 31. As specified in 50 

CFR 622.41(i), if NMFS estimates that 

the sum of commercial and recreational 

landings (total landings) exceed the 

stock complex ACL, then during the 

following fishing year, if total landings 

again reach or are projected to reach the 

stock complex ACL, NMFS will close 

the commercial and recreational sectors 

for the remainder of that fishing year by 

filing a notification to that effect with 

the Office of the Federal Register. 

In the 2020 fishing year, combined 

commercial and recreational landings of 

species in the mid-water snapper 

complex exceeded the stock ACL. As of 

September 7, 2021, available 

commercial and recreational landings 

data from the NMFS Southeast Fishery 

Science Center indicate that stock ACL 

for the mid-water snapper complex for 

the 2021 fishing year has been 

exceeded. 

Accordingly, NMFS closes the Gulf 

EEZ to all harvest of species from the 

mid-water snapper complex from 12:01 

a.m., local time, on September 18, 2021, 

through December 31, 2021, the end of 

the current fishing year. During the 

closure, the commercial sale or 

purchase of species from the mid-water 

snapper complex harvested from the 

Gulf EEZ is prohibited, and the 

recreational bag and possession limits 

are zero. Commercial and recreational 

harvest of species in the mid-water 

snapper complex will reopen on January 

1, 2022.