[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 17353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4007]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 87
[WT Docket No. 01-289; FCC 11-2]
Aviation Communications
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; suspension of effectiveness.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
stays indefinitely a rule that rule prohibits the certification,
manufacture, importation, sale, or continued use of 121.5 MHz emergency
locator transmitters (ELTs). The Commission is staying the effective
date of the amendment because information that first came to its
attention after the adoption and release of the Third R&O indicates
that it would serve the public interest to augment the record on this
issue by providing an additional opportunity for public comment.
DATES: Effective March 29, 2011, Sec. 87.195 is stayed until further
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Tobias, Mobility Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0620.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Order, released on
January 11, 2011. Contemporaneous with this document, the Commission
issues a Third Report and Order (Third R&O), (published elsewhere in
this publication). The full text of this document is available for
public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. This document may also be purchased from
the FCC's copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th
Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. The full text may also
be downloaded at: http://www.fcc.gov. Alternative formats are available
to persons with disabilities by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or
by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530
(voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
In this Order, the FCC stayed the effectiveness of 47 CFR 89.195,
as amended in the Third R&O, which prohibits the certification,
manufacture, importation, sale, or continued use of 121.5 MHz ELTs. The
stay will remain in effect indefinitely, and the question of the
appropriate regulatory treatment of 121.5 MHz ELTs will be addressed
anew after the FCC has received additional public comment on the
question. The FCC will separately publish in the Federal Register a
document requesting such comment.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 87
Communications equipment, Radio.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the FCC amends 47 part
87 as follows:
PART 47--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 47 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303 and 307(e), unless otherwise
noted.
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2. Effective March 29, 2011, Sec. 87.195 is stayed indefinitely.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-4007 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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