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in a requirement for the surrender of 

4,876 additional allowances. 

When a state’s assurance level is 

exceeded, responsibility for 

surrendering the required additional 

allowances is apportioned among 

groups of units in the state represented 

by ‘‘common designated 

representatives’’ based on the extent to 

which each such group’s emissions 

exceeded the group’s share of the state’s 

assurance level. For the CSAPR NOX

Ozone Season Group 2 Trading 

Program, the procedures are set forth at 

40 CFR 97.802 (definitions of ‘‘common 

designated representative,’’ ‘‘common 

designated representative’s assurance 

level,’’ and ‘‘common designated 

representative’s share’’), 97.806(c)(2), 

and 97.825. 

On May 17, 2021, EPA published a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing notice of the data relied on to 

determine the amount of the 

exceedances of the Mississippi and 

Missouri assurance levels and the 

preliminary calculations of the amounts 

of additional allowances that the owners 

and operators of certain Mississippi and 

Missouri units must surrender as a 

result of the exceedances and describing 

the process for submitting any 

objections (85 FR 29445). EPA received 

no written submissions objecting to the 

data and preliminary calculations. 

In this document, EPA is providing 

notice of the final calculations of the 

amounts of additional allowances that 

must be surrendered. Responsibility for 

surrendering 520 additional allowances 

for the Mississippi exceedance has been 

apportioned between the groups of units 

operated by Entergy Corporation (302 

allowances) and Mississippi Power 

Company (218 allowances). 

Responsibility for surrendering 4,876 

additional allowances for the Missouri 

exceedance has been apportioned 

between the groups of units operated by 

Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. 

(4,862 allowances), the municipal utility 

of Chillicothe (2 allowances), and the 

municipal utility of Higginsville (12 

allowances). Each set of owners and 

operators identified pursuant to this 

notice of the final calculations must 

hold the required additional allowances 

in an assurance account by November 1, 

2021. 

The data and final calculations are set 

forth in an Excel spreadsheet entitled 

‘‘2020_CSAPR_assurance_provision_

calculations_final.xlsx’’ available at 

http://www.epa.gov/csapr/csaprassurance-provision-nodas. The 

spreadsheet contains data for the 2020 

control period showing, for each 

Mississippi and Missouri unit identified 

as affected under the CSAPR NOX

Ozone Season Group 2 Trading 

Program, the amount of NOX emissions 

reported by the unit and the amount of 

CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 

allowances allocated to the unit, 

including any allowances allocated from 

a new unit set-aside. The spreadsheet 

also contains calculations for the 2020 

control period showing the total NOX

emissions reported by all such units in 

each state and the amounts by which 

the total reported NOX emissions 

exceeded the respective states’ 

assurance levels under the program. 

Finally, the spreadsheet also includes 

calculations for the 2020 control period 

showing, for each common designated 

representative for a group of such units 

in each state, the common designated 

representative’s share of the total 

reported NOX emissions, the common 

designated representative’s share of the 

state’s assurance level, and the amount 

of additional CSAPR NOX Ozone Season 

Group 2 allowances that the owners and 

operators of the units in the group must 

surrender. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 97.825(b).) 

Rona Birnbaum, 

Acting Director, Clean Air Markets Division, 

Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 

Air and Radiation. 

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[ET Docket No. 19–257; FCC 21–92; FRS 

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FCC Announces Two New Innovation 

Zones and Amends One Existing 

Innovation Zone for Program 

Experimental Licenses 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) creates two new 

Innovation Zones for Program 

Experimental Licenses in designated 

areas in and nearby the campuses of 

North Carolina State University (NC 

State Innovation Zone) in Raleigh, NC 

and Northeastern University 

(Northeastern Innovation Zone) in 

Boston, MA and expands the 

geographical boundary of the previously 

established Innovation Zone in New 

York City. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Serafini, Office of Engineering 

and Technology, (202) 418–2456, 

Anthony.Serafini@fcc.gov or Ira Keltz, 

Office of Engineering and Technology, 

at (202) 418–0616, or Ira.Keltz@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document, Public Notice, FCC 21–92, 

ET Docket No. 19–257, adopted on 

August 5, 2021 and released August 6, 

2021. The full text of this document is 

available for public inspection and can 

be downloaded at: https://www.fcc.gov/ 

document/fcc-established-two-newinnovation-zones-boston-and-raleigh-0 

or by using the search function for ET 

Docket No. 19–257 on the Commission’s 

ECFS web page at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. 

Synopsis 

1. The two new zones the 

Commission establishes herein are 

based on detailed proposals from the 

PAWR program. This program for new 

technology experimentation is funded 

by the National Science Foundation 

along with a consortium consisting of 

over thirty technology and 

telecommunications companies. 

According to PAWR, this program ‘‘. . . 

will enable experimental exploration of 

robust new wireless devices, 

communication techniques, networks, 

systems, and services that will 

revolutionize the nation’s wireless 

ecosystem, thereby enhancing 

broadband connectivity, leveraging the 

emerging Internet of Things (IoT), and 

sustaining US leadership and economic 

competitiveness for decades to come.’’ 

The Commission anticipates that the 

experimentation done at these zones 

may also materially improve 

understanding of opportunities for, and 

capabilities of, open, standards-based 

wireless networks. PAWR program 

testbeds are equipped for Open radio 

access networks (Open RAN) research 

and testing, and PAWR teams are 

actively engaged with the Open RAN 

development community. 

2. These Innovation Zones will 

provide new capabilities and 

complement the existing Innovation 

Zones in Salt Lake City and New York 

City. More specifically, in Raleigh, 

North Carolina, PAWR is initiating 

AERPAW—Aerial Experimentation and 

Research Platform for Advanced 

Wireless. This project will create a cityscale platform to focus on new use cases 

for advanced wireless technologies that 

are emerging for unmanned aerial 

systems. AERPAW will focus on how 

cellular networks and advanced 

wireless technologies can enable beyond 

visual line-of-sight unmanned aerial 

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systems to accelerate development, 

verification, and testing of 

transformative advances and 

breakthroughs in telecommunications, 

transportation, infrastructure 

monitoring, agriculture, and public 

safety. Notably, the AERPAW testbed 

will be the first platform to allow testing 

at scale of open 5G-and-beyond 

solutions in unmanned aerial system 

verticals. 

3. At Northeastern University in 

Boston, Massachusetts, PAWR will be 

supporting the transition of the Defense 

Advanced Research Projects Agency’s 

(DARPA) Colosseum network emulator 

to a shared platform that is usable by the 

research community. Colosseum, the 

world’s largest wireless network 

emulator, was originally designed to 

support DARPA’s Spectrum 

Collaboration Challenge. With the 

conclusion of that challenge, the larger 

research community will now be able to 

take advantage of Colosseum’s unique 

capabilities, including the ability to 

emulate full-stack communications, and 

to support artificial intelligence and 

machine learning algorithms and 

hardware in the loop. This project is 

expected to bring academia, 

government, and industry researchers 

together to accelerate advancements in 

wireless networked systems including 

Open RAN. 

4. Under a Program License, qualified 

institutions may conduct testing for 

multiple non-related experiments under 

a single authorization within a defined 

geographic area under control of the 

licensee and where the licensee has 

institutional processes to manage and 

oversee experiments. The Innovation 

Zone takes this concept a step further by 

effectively providing an extension of a 

Program License’s authorized area of 

operation. Such licensees are permitted 

to operate within an Innovation Zone, 

under the parameters set for that 

particular Zone, without having to 

modify their licenses to cover the new 

location. 

5. The Commission is using the Office 

of Engineering and Technology’s (OET) 

Experimental Licensing System web 

page to post the Innovation Zone 

designations and detail the guidelines 

the Commission has established for each 

particular zone—including the specific 

geographic area(s) the Commission has 

designated and applicable technical 

parameters, such as frequency bands 

and power limits. Those wishing to test 

in an Innovation Zone must meet the 

Program License eligibility 

requirements, hold an existing Program 

License and operate in accordance with 

the geographic areas and technical 

limits established for the Innovation 

Zone. Prior to operating in an 

Innovation Zone, details for each 

Program Licensee experiment will be 

posted to the FCC web page as described 

below. This posting will implement the 

Program License rules procedures that 

require notification of intended 

operations so that all nearby licensees 

and federal users have full knowledge of 

operations in an area. Program licensees 

must still meet the timing requirements 

prescribed by the Commission’s rules 

and agreements with other Federal 

agencies. Specifically, program 

licensees are required to wait 10-days 

prior to beginning tests on spectrum 

allocated exclusively for non-federal use 

and 15-days when using spectrum 

allocated for federal use including 

shared non-federal/federal use. Finally, 

as detailed below, the PAWR Project 

Office will serve as a frequency 

coordinator for these Innovation Zones; 

operation may not commence without 

prior coordinating through that office. 

Innovation Zone Term 

6. Both the NC State and Northeastern 

Innovation Zones are established for a 

period of five years from the release date 

of this public notice. The term may be 

renewed upon request at the end of this 

term. 

Program License Registration Within 

Innovation Zones 

7. A program licensee will be required 

to indicate its call sign and identify the 

Innovation Zone(s) in which it intends 

to operate. A program licensee must 

operate within the parameters 

established for the Innovation Zone 

within which it intends to operate. It 

will provide specific technical data, a 

description of the experiment, and a 

stop buzzer contact person for posting 

on the appropriate Innovation Zone web 

page(s). Parties will use OET’s 

Experimental Licensing System web 

page to submit this information. 

8. Program licensees must register on 

OET’s Experimental Licensing System 

web page under the respective 

Innovation Zone web page at: https://

www.fcc.gov/els prior to operation. The 

online registration process will provide 

a record of Program Licensees that 

indicate an intent to operate in each 

Innovation Zone. This registration 

process along with the required 

coordination process through the PAWR 

program office will provide an 

opportunity for incumbent licensees 

and federal spectrum users to be an 

integral part of any necessary 

compatibility evaluation. The website 

will further be useful to alert other 

program licensees and experimental 

licensees of nearby operations. 

Innovation Zone Frequency 

Coordination 

9. In addition to requesting to operate 

in an Innovation Zone, a Program 

Licensee must also coordinate its 

operations prior to commencing its 

tests. The PAWR Project Office will 

serve as the frequency/operations 

coordinator for the Innovation Zones 

established and/or modified herein (as 

well as the Salt Lake City Innovation 

Zone). In this role, the PAWR Project 

Office will offer non-discriminatory 

service to all interested Program 

Licensees to coordinate specific times 

and locations for each Program 

Licensee’s operations to avoid 

interference to other spectrum users and 

between Program Licensees’ tests. The 

frequency coordinator may act as a 

central clearinghouse to obtain consent 

from other potentially affected 

Commission licensees and/or federal 

spectrum users for Innovation Zone 

operations. Alternatively, Program 

Licensees may coordinate their own 

arrangements with these authorized 

spectrum users. In such cases, Program 

Licensees must still coordinate specific 

operations through the PAWR Project 

Office. Note that designating PAWR as 

the Innovation Zone frequency 

coordinator does not confer operating 

authority on PAWR nor does it confer 

sole authority for PAWR to permit 

operations as Program Licensees must 

also register on OET’s Innovation Zone 

Registration web page. Additionally, 

current Commission rules do not allow 

airborne use in certain bands including 

active as well as passive receive-only 

bands (e.g., 2495–2690 MHz and 3450– 

4000 MHz); therefore, Program 

Licensees that plan to engage in 

experimental operations involving 

airborne transmissions in any 

Innovation Zone must take extra care to 

coordinate such operations (potentially 

over distances much greater than that 

necessary for terrestrial experimental 

operations) to ensure that authorized 

users will not experience harmful 

interference. 

10. Interested Program Licensees may 

contact Mari Silbey, PAWR Program 

Director, at mari.silbey@us-ignite.org. 

North Carolina State University 

Innovation Zone 

Location 

11. The NC State Innovation Zone 

will encompass two separate areas and 

program licensees will be permitted to 

use either or both areas. 

12. The first area encompasses 

approximately 10.5 square miles for 

testing over the NC State University 

campus, a suburban residential area and 

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a rural research farm. This area is 

defined as the area roughly between the 

Western Boulevard at the northern 

boundary, south of the Lake Wheeler 

Agricultural Research Station at the 

southern boundary, Gorman Street on 

the western boundary and South 

Saunders Street on the eastern 

boundary. The boundary for this area is 

within the polygon defined by the 

following coordinates: 

35°46′23.4′′ N, 78°39′12.7′′ W 

35°47′06.3′′ N, 78°41′13.0′′ W 

35°45′03.3′′ N, 78°42′42.2′′ W 

35°43′21.1′′ N, 78°42′11.9′′ W 

35°42′59.5′′ N, 78°41′16.8′′ W 

35°43′01.5′′ N, 78°40′08.1′′ W 

13. To minimize the risk of harmful 

interference to incumbent operations 

and avoid areas where airborne 

operations may be restricted, PAWR 

states that their primary area for 

airborne transmissions within the larger 

Innovation Zone will be over 

approximately 3 square miles in the 

Lake Wheeler area in the southern 

portion of the Innovation Zone. This 

area is defined by the following 

coordinates: 

35°44′29.9′′ N, 78°40′20.0′′ W 

35°44′38.7′′ N, 78°41′32.3′′ W 

35°43′58.3′′ N, 78°42′22.0′′ W 

35°43′23.5′′ N, 78°42′12.3′′ W 

35°42′59.5′′ N, 78°41′16.8′′ W 

35°43′01.5′′ N, 78°40′08.1′′ W 

14. The second area of NC State 

Innovation Zone will extend into the 

Town of Cary, North Carolina and cover 

approximately 3 square miles. This area 

is anticipated to support four fixed 

towers with permanent wireless 

transceivers. The tower locations are yet 

to be determined, but will be restricted 

to ensure all testing is confined within 

the Innovation Zone as defined by the 

following coordinates: 

35°48′32.49′′ N, 78°47′39.64′′ W 

35°48′30.14′′ N, 78°45′53.70′′ W 

35°46′16.16′′ N, 78°45′51.17′′ W 

35°46′19.55′′ N, 78°47′47.80′′ W 

TECHNICAL LIMITS AND BAND INFORMATION

Frequency band Type of operation Allocation 

Fixed station 

maximum EIRP 

(dBm) 

Mobile station 

maximum EIRP 

(dBm) 

617–634.5 MHz (DL) .................. Fixed .......................................... Non-federal ................................ 65 ..............................

663–698 MHz (UL) ..................... Mobile ......................................... Non-federal ................................ .............................. 20 

907.5–912.5 MHz ....................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Shared ........................................ 65 20 

1755–1760 MHz (UL) ................. Mobile ......................................... Shared ........................................ .............................. 20 

2155–2160 MHz (DL) ................. Fixed .......................................... Non-federal ................................ 65 ..............................

2390–2483.5 MHz ...................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Shared ........................................ 65 20 

2500–2690 MHz 1 2 ..................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Non-federal ................................ 65 20 

3550–3700 MHz 123 ................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Shared ........................................ 65 20 

3700–3980 MHz 1 2 ..................... Mobile ......................................... Non-federal ................................ .............................. 20 

5850–5925 MHz ......................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Shared ........................................ 65 20 

5925–7125 MHz 2 ....................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Non-Federal ............................... 65 20 

27.5–28.35 GHz ......................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Non-federal ................................ 65 20 

38.6–40.0 GHz ........................... Fixed & Mobile ........................... Non-federal ................................ 65 20 

1 Commission rules do not permit airborne use on all or portions of these bands. 

2Any experimental use must be coordinated with authorized users and registered receive-only fixed satellite earth stations. 

3Operations must be coordinated with a spectrum access system administrator. 

Northeastern University Innovation 

Zone 

Location 

15. The Northeastern University 

Innovation Zone will encompass two 

separate areas and program licensees 

will be permitted to use either or both 

areas. 

16. The first area is on Northeastern 

University’s main campus in Boston, 

MA and will cover a triangular tract of 

approximately 0.8 square miles. This 

area is defined as the area roughly 

between 361 Huntington Avenue as the 

northern vertex, Carter Playground as 

the eastern vertex, and 860 Columbus 

avenue as the southern boundary. The 

coordinates for this area are: 

Northwest: 42°20′24.00′′ N, 71°05′25.00′′ 

W 

Southwest: 42°20′12.12′′ N, 71°05′16.22′′ 

W 

Northeast: 42°20′20.33′′ N, 71°05′2.90′′ 

W 

17. The second area of the 

Northeastern University Innovation 

Zone is on Northeastern University’s 

satellite campus in Burlington, MA and 

will cover a polygon of approximately 

0.9 square miles. This area is defined as 

the area west of Cambridge Street in 

Burlington MA and bordering Mary 

Cummings Park. The coordinates for 

this area are: 

Northwest: 42°28′44.54′′ N, 71°11′37.43′′ 

W 

Northeast: 42°28′45.59′′ N, 71°11′20.62′′ 

W 

Northeast: 42°28′41.88′′ N, 71°11′22.2′′ 

W 

South: 42°28′37.67′′ N, 71°11′32.64′′ W 

Southwest: 42°28′38.89′′ N, 71°11′38.83′′ 

W 

TECHNICAL LIMITS AND BAND INFORMATION

Frequency band Type of operation Allocation 

Fixed station 

maximum EIRP 

(dBm) 

Mobile station 

maximum EIRP 

(dBm) 

746–787 MHz ............................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Non-federal ................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

880–960 MHz 1 2 .......................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Non-federal ................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

1920–2170 MHz ........................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Non-federal ................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

2305–2360 MHz 124 .................... Mobile ........................................... Non-federal ................................... ........................... 100mW. 

2500–2690 MHz 1 2 ...................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Non-federal ................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

3000–3100 MHz ........................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

3300–3600 MHz 1234 .................. Fixed and Mobile .......................... Federal ......................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

3700–3980 MHz 1 2 ...................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Non-federal ................................... 1 W ................... 100mW. 

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TECHNICAL LIMITS AND BAND INFORMATION—Continued 

Frequency band Type of operation Allocation 

Fixed station 

maximum EIRP 

(dBm) 

Mobile station 

maximum EIRP 

(dBm) 

4620–4990 MHz 124 .................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 1 W ................... 100mW. 

27–30 GHz ................................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Non-federal ................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

37–40 GHz 125 ............................ Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

71–86 GHz 4 5 ............................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 10 W ................. 100mW. 

122.5–140 GHz 4 .......................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 1 W ................... 100mW. 

209–225 GHz 4 ............................. Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 1 W ................... 100mW. 

232–235 GHz ............................... Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 1 W ................... 100mW. 

238–250 GHz 4 ............................. Fixed and Mobile .......................... Shared .......................................... 1 W ................... 100mW. 

1–1.05 THz ................................... Fixed ............................................. Shared .......................................... 100 mW.

1 Commission rules do not permit airborne use on all or portions of these bands. 

2Any experimental use must be coordinated with authorized users and registered receive-only fixed satellite earth stations. 

3Operations in the 3550–3600 MHz band must be coordinated with a spectrum access system administrator. 

4 Note that this band includes frequency ranges covered by footnote US342; all practicable steps should be taken to protect radio astronomy 

operation, including sites near the Innovation Zone. 5Operations in the 37–40 GHz band and in the 80–86 GHz band must be coordinated with the Haystack Observatory in Westford, MA. 

New York City Innovation Zone 

Location 

18. The New York City Innovation 

Zone is being modified to cover the 

three Columbia University and City 

College of New York campus areas and 

will be defined as the area contained 

within: 

• W 116 St from the Hudson River to 

Morningside Avenue (Through 

Riverside and Morningside Parks and 

The Columbia University Campus). 

• Morningside Ave from W 116 St to 

W 124 St. 

• W 124 from Morningside Ave to St 

Nicholas Ave. 

• St Nicholas Ave from W 124 St to 

W 138 St. 

• W 138 from St. Nicholas Ave to 

Broadway (through St. Nicholas park 

and the CCNY campus). 

• Broadway from W 138 St to W 133 

St. 

• W 133 St from Broadway to the 

Hudson River (through the park). 

• Hudson River from W 133 to W 116. 

TECHNICAL LIMITS AND BAND INFORMATION

Frequency band Type of operation Allocation 

Maximum 

EIRP 

(dBm) 

2500–2690 MHz ...................................... Fixed ........................................................ Non-federal .............................................. 20 

3700–4200 MHz 1 .................................... Mobile ...................................................... Non-federal .............................................. 20 

5850–5925 MHz ...................................... Mobile ...................................................... Shared ..................................................... 20 

5925–7125 MHz ...................................... Fixed & Mobile ........................................ Non-federal .............................................. 20 

27.5–28.35 GHz ...................................... Fixed ........................................................ Non-federal .............................................. 2 40 

38.6–40.0 GHz ........................................ Fixed ........................................................ Non-federal .............................................. 2 40 

1 Commission rules do not permit airborne use in this band. Any experimental use must be coordinated with authorized users and registered 

receive-only fixed satellite earth stations. 2These power limits are an increase from the previously permitted 20 dBm limit. 

(Authority: 47 U.S.C. 301–303; 47 CFR 5.1.) 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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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 

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 Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before November 22, 

2021. If you anticipate that you will be