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Editorial Revisions, Parts 2, 15 and 18 of the FCC Rules
Word Document [1]PDF Document [2]Text Document [3]	Released: December 14, 2011
DA 11-2011 Before the
Amendment of Parts 2, 15 and 18 of the )
Released: December 14, 2011 By the Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, and Managing Director:
In this Order, we make a number of nonsubstantive, editorial revisions to Parts 2, 15 and 18 of the Commission’s rules.1 We make these revisions to delete certain rule provisions that are without current legal effect and therefore are obsolete. These nonsubstantive revisions are part of the Commission’s ongoing examination and improvement of FCC processes and procedures. The revisions clarify, simplify, and harmonize our rules, making the rules more readily accessible to the public and minimizing potential confusion for interested parties and Commission staff alike. The revisions and the specific reasons we are adopting each change are set forth below. 2.
Part 2, Subpart N, FCC Procedure for Testing Class A, B and S Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRBs). This Order deletes in its entirety Part 2, Subpart N, FCC Procedure for Testing Class A, B and S Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRBs), Sections 2.1501 through 2.1517 and Figures 1 through 4.2 All of the rules and figures in this subpart pertain to a measurement procedure that was developed for determining the compliance of certain types of maritime distress beacons with technical requirements formerly contained in Part 80 of the Commission’s rules. The Commission deleted the Part 80 technical requirements for Class A, B and S EPIRBs in 2002.3 The Commission also prohibited the manufacture, importation and sale of this equipment effective February 1, 2003 and its operation effective December 31, 2006.4 Thus, all of the rules in this subpart are without current legal effect and are obsolete.
3. Part 15, Radio Frequency Devices, transition provisions. This Order modifies Section 15.37 of the rules to delete expired transition provisions. This section lists the dates by which certain types of equipment must comply with revised Part 15 technical requirements. The Commission established Section 15.37 when it substantially revised Part 15 of the rules in 1989.5 The changes it adopted in that 1 See 47 C.F.R. Parts 2, 15, 18 and 74.2 See 47 C.F.R. Part 2, Subpart N, §§ 2.1501 through 2.1517 and Figures 1 through 4.3 See Amendment of Parts 13 and 80 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Maritime Communications, 17 FCC Rcd 6741 (2002). See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.1053 through 80.1059.
4 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.1053 through 80.1059.5 See Revision of Part 15 of the Rules Regarding the Operation of Radio Frequency Devices Without an IndividualLicense, Report and Order, 4 FCC Rcd 3493 (1989).
DA 11-2011 revision tightened the emission limits for certain types of equipment such as radio receivers and required some devices to comply with emission limits at higher frequencies than the previous rules. The Commission therefore decided to provide manufacturers with a transition period to bring equipment into compliance with the revised Part 15 requirements.6 4. Subsequent to the 1989 Part 15 revision, the Commission added a number of additional transition provisions to Section 15.37. These additional provisions are unrelated to the 1989 Part 15 revision and instead specify the dates by which equipment had to comply with later revisions to Part 15 of the rules. The types of additional devices covered by Section 15.37 include cordless telephones, scanning receivers, computer boards and power supplies, medical telemetry equipment, radar detectors and TV bands devices. 5. All of the transition dates listed in Section 15.37 have passed, so we analyzed each paragraph in this section to determine whether they contain any regulatory requirements that would necessitate their retention. We determined that many but not all of these provisions can be deleted as obsolete. This Order revises Section 15.37 as described below.
Sections 15.37(a), 15.37(b) 15.37(c) and 15.37(d) are deleted. These sections list the dates by which intentional radiators, unintentional radiators, radio receivers and equipment operating in the 902-905 MHz band had to comply with the rules adopted in the 1989 Part 15 revision.7 All of the transition dates listed in these sections have passed, and these sections contain no regulatory requirements that would necessitate their retention. Thus, they are without legal effect and are obsolete. We are also deleting two provisions in Part 15 that reference these obsolete sections: 1) the note in Section 15.31(l) which references the receiver transition rule in Section 15.37(b); and 2) Section 15.249(f) which references the transition provision in Section 15.37(d).
We are deleting the introductory text to Section 15.37. This text was intended as a preface to the transition provisions in paragraphs (a) and (b) because it relates to the authorization, manufacture and importation of equipment that complies with the Part 15 rules in effect prior to June 23, 1989. It is not applicable as an introduction to any of the other transition provisions that were added subsequent to the 1989 Part 15 revision. As noted above, we are deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) so the introductory text for them is also without legal effect and is obsolete.
15.37(e) is deleted. This section specifies the dates by which cordless telephones must comply with the requirements of Section 15.214(d) to incorporate digital security codes to prevent unintentional access to the public switched telephone network by base units, and unintentional ringing of handsets.8 Applications for certification of cordless telephones that do not comply with these requirements were no longer accepted after May 10, 1991, and the manufacture of cordless telephones that do not comply with these requirements had to cease on or before September 11, 1991. These transition dates have passed, and this section contains no other 6 Most intentional and unintentional radiators could be authorized under the previous rules until 1992, and equipment that complied with those rules could be manufactured or imported until 1994. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.37(a). Radio receivers that complied with the previous rules could be manufactured or imported until 1999. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.37(b).
7 Intentional radiators are devices that intentionally generate and emit radiofrequency energy, e.g., radio transmitters. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.3(z). Unintentional radiators are devices that intentionally generate, but do not intentionally emit radiofrequency energy, e.g., digital equipment and radio receivers. See 47 C.F.R. § 15.3(o).
8 See 47 C.F.R. § 15.214(d). This section requires that a base unit may only access the telephone