Document ID: DOT-OST-2015-0099-0007
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Draft Test Plan to Obtain Interference Tolerance Masks for GNSS Receivers in the L1 Radiofrequency Band 1559-1610 MHz
Posted Date: 2015-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 61888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26068]

[[Page 61888]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Draft Test Plan To Obtain Interference Tolerance Masks for GNSS 
Receivers in the L1 Radiofrequency Band (1559-1610 MHz)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 9, 2015, the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Research and Technology (DOT) published in the Federal Register a 
Notice titled: ``Draft Test Plan to Obtain Interference Tolerance Masks 
for GNSS Receivers in the L1 Radiofrequency Band (1559-1610 MHz)''. The 
GPS Innovation Alliance petitioned DOT to extend the comment period. 
DOT is granting this request and extending the comment period from 
October 9, 2015 to October 16, 2015.

DATES: The closing date for filing comments is extended from October 9, 
2015 to October 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number [DOT-
OST-2015-0099] using any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods. 
See the ``Public Participation'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below for instructions on submitting comments.
    Confidential Business Information: If you wish to submit any 
information under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit three 
copies of your complete submission, including the information you claim 
to be confidential business information, to the address given below 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you should submit a 
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
contact Stephen M. Mackey, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Research and Technology; Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; 
Aircraft Wakes and Weather Division, telephone 617-494-2753 or email 
Stephen.Mackey@dot.gov. If you have questions on viewing or submitting 
material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Docket Operations, 
telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 9, 2015, DOT published a Notice, ``Draft Test Plan to 
Obtain Interference Tolerance Masks for GNSS Receivers in the L1 
Radiofrequency Band (1559-1610 MHz)''. On October 2, 2015, the GPS 
Innovation Alliance requested an extension of the comment period to 
fully evaluate additional information provided at DOT's October 2nd GPS 
Adjacent Band Compatibility Assessment public workshop in Washington, 
DC DOT has previously held three public workshops to discuss the GPS 
Adjacent Band Compatibility Assessment. Further background, and the 
draft test plan, can be viewed at: http://www.gps.gov/spectrum/ABC/.
    DOT believes that extension of the comment period is warranted 
based on the information provided in this request. Therefore, DOT has 
extended the comment period from October 9, 2015 to October 16, 2015.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2015.
Gregory D. Winfree,
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-26068 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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