[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3639-3640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1151]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 15

[WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, and ET Docket No. 10-24; DA 10-92]


Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest Spectrum 
Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital Television 
Transition

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this order, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Consumer 
and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications 
Commission adopt the specific language that must be used in the 
consumer disclosure that is required by Section 15.216 of Appendix B in 
the Wireless Microphone Report and Order.\1\
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    \1\ Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest Spectrum 
Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital Television 
Transition; Amendment of Parts 15, 74 and 90 of the Commission's 
Rules Regarding Low Power Auxiliary Stations, Including Wireless 
Microphones, WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket Nos. 10-24, 
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 10-
16 at para. 99 (rel. October 15, 2010) (``Wireless Microphone Report 
and Order'').

DATES: This rule amends Sec.  15.216, which contains information 
collection requirements that have not been approved by OMB. The FCC 
will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the 
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effective date.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Order in WT Docket 
Nos. 08-166 and 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24 and DA 10-92, adopted 
January 15, 2010, and released on January 15, 2010. In this order, the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission adopt the 
specific language that must be used in the consumer disclosure that is 
required by Section 15.216 of Appendix B in the Wireless Microphone 
Report and Order.\2\ This disclosure requirement is applicable to 
persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease low 
power auxiliary stations, including wireless microphones, capable of 
operating in the core TV bands (channels 2-51, excluding channel 37).
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    \2\ Revisions to Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power 
Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz Band; Public Interest Spectrum 
Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary 
Stations, Including Wireless Microphones, and the Digital Television 
Transition; Amendment of Parts 15, 74 and 90 of the Commission's 
Rules Regarding Low Power Auxiliary Stations, Including Wireless 
Microphones, WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket Nos. 10-24, 
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 10-
16 at para. 99 (rel. October 15, 2010) (``Wireless Microphone Report 
and Order'').
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Order

    1. On January 14, 2010, the Commission adopted a Wireless 
Microphone Report and Order.\3\ In the Wireless Microphone Report and 
Order, the Commission took action to ensure that low power auxiliary 
stations, including wireless microphones, are cleared from the 700 MHz 
Band (689-806 MHz) so that public safety and commercial licensees can 
operate in the band without interference. The Commission adopted a new 
rule, Section 15.216, which provides that any person who manufactures, 
sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease wireless microphones and 
other low power auxiliary stations capable of operating in the core TV 
bands must display a consumer disclosure text.\4\
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    \3\ Id.
    \4\ See id., Appendix B.
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    2. The Commission delegated authority to the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau to adopt the specific language that must be used in the consumer 
disclosure that is required by Section 15.216 of Appendix B in the 
Wireless Microphone Report and Order.\5\ The Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau

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and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau hereby adopt the 
consumer disclosure text as required by the Commission.
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    \5\ Id. at para. 99.
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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 15

    Communications equipment, Labeling, and Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

PART 15--RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES

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For the reason discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission amends 47 CFR part 15 as follows:
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1. The authority citation for part 15 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 304, 307, 336, and 544a.


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2. Section 15.216 is amended by adding an appendix to read as follows:


Sec.  15.216  Disclosure Requirements for wireless microphones and 
other low power auxiliary stations capable of operating in the core TV 
bands.

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Appendix to Sec.  15.216--Consumer Alert

Consumer Alert

    Most users do not need a license to operate this wireless 
microphone system. Nevertheless, operating this microphone system 
without a license is subject to certain restrictions: The system may 
not cause harmful interference; it must operate at a low power level 
(not in excess of 50 milliwatts); and it has no protection from 
interference received from any other device. Purchasers should also 
be aware that the FCC is currently evaluating use of wireless 
microphone systems, and these rules are subject to change. For more 
information, call the FCC at 1-888-CALL-FCC (TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC) or 
visit the FCC's wireless microphone Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/wirelessmicrophones.

Ruth Milkman,
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission.
Joel Gurin,
Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-1151 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
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