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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 11, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 55649 that the device must be registered; may as part of the equipment certification booster operators have the proper only be operated with the consent of the process. The R&O also requires that if a authority to operate their devices. consumer’s wireless provider; may only manufacturer claims that a device will Federal Communications Commission. be operated with approved antennas not affect E911 communications, the Marlene H. Dortch, and cables; and that E911 manufacturer must certify this claim communications may be affected for during the equipment certification Secretary. calls served by using the device. process. Note: The ‘‘application for [FR Doc. 2013–22121 Filed 9–10–13; 8:45 am] Industrial Signal Boosters must include equipment’’ certification requirements BILLING CODE 6712–01–P a label stating that the device is not a are met under OMB Control Number consumer device, is designed for 3060–0057, FCC Form 731. installation by FCC licensees or a DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Antenna Kitting Documentation qualified installer, and the operator Requirement must have a FCC license or consent of Fish and Wildlife Service a FCC licensee to operate the device. Sections 20.21(e)(8)(i)(G), Accordingly, all signal boosters 20.21(e)(9)(i)(H)—The rules require that 50 CFR Part 17 marketed on or after March 1, 2014, all consumer boosters must be sold with user manuals specifying all antennas [Docket Number FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0055; must include the advisories (1) In on- FXES111809F2070B6] line point-of-sale marketing materials; and cables that meet the requirements of (2) in any print or on-line owner’s this section. RIN 1018–AY76 manual and installation instructions; (3) Part 90 Licensee Consent Endangered and Threatened Wildlife on the outside packaging of the device; Documentation Requirement and (4) on a label affixed to the device. and Plants; Listing the Southern White Part 90 signal boosters marketed or sold Section 90.219(b)(1)(i)—This rule Rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) on or after March 1, 2014, must include requires that non-licensees seeking to as Threatened a label stating that the device is not a operate part 90 signal boosters must obtain the express consent of the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, consumer device; the operator must Interior. have a FCC license or consent of a FCC licensee(s) of the frequencies for which ACTION: Interim rule. licensee to operate the device; the the device or system is intended to amplify. The rules further require that operator must register Class B signal SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and boosters; and unauthorized use may such consent must be maintained in a recordable format that can be presented Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), result in significant forfeitures. determine to list the southern white Section 1.1307(b)(1)—Radiofrequency to a FCC representative or other relevant licensee investigating interference. rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) as (RF). This rule requires that a label is threatened under the authority of affixed to the transmitting antenna that The Commission will use the information collected from the provider section 4(e) of the Endangered Species provides adequate notice regarding Act of 1973, as amended (Act), due to potential RF safety hazards and reporting requirement to assess providers’ treatment of Consumer Signal the similarity in appearance with the references the applicable FCC-adopted endangered Javan (Rhinoceros limits for RF exposure. Boosters, including the level of consumer access. This information will sondaicus), Sumatran (Dicerorhinos Certification Requirements inform the Commission’s decision sumatrensis), Indian (Rhinoceros Sections 20.3, 20.21(e)(2), whether it is necessary to revisit the unicornis), black (Diceros bicornis) and 20.21(e)(8)(i)(G), 20.21(e)(9)(i)(H), Consumer Signal Booster authorization northern white rhino (Ceratotherium 90.203—These rules, in conjunction mechanism. The provider-based simum cottoni). Differentiating between with the R&O, require that signal registration requirement will facilitate the horns and other products made from booster manufacturers demonstrate that licensee control over Consumer Signal the southern white rhino and the they meet the new technical Boosters, help providers rapidly resolve endangered Javan, Sumatran, Indian, specifications using the existing and interference issues, and assist in black, and northern white rhino is unchanged equipment authorization consumer outreach. The labeling and difficult for law enforcement, decreasing application, including submitting a marketing requirements will inform their ability to enforce and further the technical document with the signal booster operators of their legal provisions and policies of the Act. This application for FCC equipment responsibilities, facilitate coordination similarity of appearance has resulted in authorization that shows compliance of with providers, and assist in the documented trade of listed all antennas, cables and/or coupling interference prevention. The part 90 rhinoceros species, often under the devices with the requirements of registration requirement will help guise of being the unprotected southern § 20.21(e). The R&O further provides resolve interference should it occur. The white rhinoceros, and this difficulty in that manufacturers must make certain RF labeling requirement will inform distinguishing between the rhino certifications when applying for device consumers about the potential RF safety species protected under the Act and the certification. Manufacturers must hazards and references the applicable southern white rhino constitutes an provide an explanation of all measures FCC-adopted limits for RF exposure. additional threat to all endangered taken to ensure that the technical The certification requirements will rhinoceros species. The determination safeguards designed to inhibit harmful ensure that manufacturers comply with that the southern white rhino should be interference and protect wireless our new technical rules for Consumer treated as threatened due to similarity of networks cannot be deactivated by the and Industrial Signal Boosters. The appearance will substantially facilitate user. The R&O requires that antenna kitting documentation law enforcement actions to protect and manufacturers of Provider-Specific requirement will aid consumers in the conserve all endangered rhino species. Consumer Signal Boosters may only be correct installation and use of their DATES: This rule becomes effective on certificated with the consent of the devices so as to mitigate interference. September 11, 2013. We will accept licensee so the manufacturer must The consent documentation comments received or postmarked on or certify that it has obtained such consent requirement will ensure that signal before October 11, 2013. The reasons for VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:59 Sep 10, 2013 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\11SER1.SGM 11SER1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with RULES 55650 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 11, 2013 / Rules and Regulations this accelerated implementation and for as threatened due to similarity of rhino horn carvings (such as dagger making this rule effective less than 30 appearance will substantially facilitate handles). Traditionally, libation cups days after publication in the Federal law enforcement actions to protect and and dagger handles carved out of rhino Register are described below in the conserve all endangered rhino species. horn have held historic and symbolic section titled ‘‘Need for Interim Rule.’’ Major Provisions of the Regulatory significance in Chinese and Middle ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Action: This action is authorized by the Eastern cultures (Vigne & Martin 2000, by one of the following methods: Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), pp. 91, 98; Martin 1990, p. 13). • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. We Additionally, some mention has been www.regulations.gov. Follow are amending subpart B of chapter I, made of libation cups having anti- instructions for submitting comments to title 50 of the Code of Federal poisoning properties (Groves and Leslie Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0055. Regulations § 17.11(h), by adding the 2011, p. 203; Lang 2011, unpaginated; • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public southern white rhinoceros to the List of Laurie 1978, p. 2). Comments Processing, Attn: [FWS–HQ– Endangered and Threatened Wildlife According to the United Nations ES–2013–0055]; Division of Policy and due to a similarity of appearance. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), rhino horn has emerged in the black Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Background Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, market as a rare and valuable Poaching and the illegal trade in MS 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. commodity with street prices equal to rhinoceros horn pose serious threats to those of gold, at roughly USD $65,000 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: all rhinoceros species worldwide. A per kilogram (UNODC 2012, p. 5). In Janine Van Norman, Chief, Branch of significant increase in demand for southern Africa, this growing market Foreign Species, Endangered Species rhinoceros horn for medicine in demand is fueling dramatic increases in Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, southeast and east Asia, notably rhino poaching. In Europe, multiple 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 420, Vietnam and China, is the primary thefts of rhino