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OGC-98-66 1 (1998-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabluv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-280641 August 6, 1998 The Honorable John McCain Chairman The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Chairman The Honorable John D. Dingell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Maritime Communications Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), entitled Maritime Communications (PR Docket No. 92-257; FCC 98-151). We received the rule on July 23, 1998. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on July 27, 1998. 63 Fed. Reg. 40059. The final rule is designed to simplify the licensing process and add additional flexibility for public coast stations. The rule designates 42 geographic licensing regions for VHF public coast stations and assigns all currently unassigned public correspondence channels on a geographic basis by competitive bidding. It permits the continued operation of incumbent VHF public coast station licensees and private land mobile radio licensees sharing marine spectrum and requires incumbents and geographic licensees to afford each other interference protection. Also, the rule exempts VHF public coast stations from the Channel 16 safety watch requirement where a government station maintains a continuous watch over 95 percent of the station's service area. GAO/OGC-98-66

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