Return Link Service Authorization in the United States Search and Rescue Region
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The U.S. Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (US SARSAT) Program, which is managed by NOAA and assisted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, is announcing the authorization of the coding and use of Return Link Service equipped 406 MHz Satellite Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) and 406 MHz Satellite Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) within the United States Search and Rescue Region.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11691-11692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04369]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Return Link Service Authorization in the United States Search and
Rescue Region
AGENCY: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
(NESDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (US
SARSAT) Program, which is managed by NOAA and assisted by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S.
Coast Guard, is announcing the authorization of the coding and use of
Return Link Service equipped 406 MHz Satellite Personal Locator Beacons
(PLBs) and 406 MHz Satellite Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacons (EPIRBs) within the United States Search and Rescue Region.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SARSAT Program Analyst, Mr. Allan
Knox, NOAA, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94f5f8f8f5fabafffafbecd4fafbf5f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abcac7c7cac585c0c5c4d3ebc5c4caca85ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>, 301-817-4144.
Background: The US SARSAT Program requested input from all
interested persons on the U.S.
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authorization of Return Link Service (RLS) acknowledgment Type 1
capable Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz distress beacons. Specifically, through
Request for Information (RFI) notices published in the Federal Register
on February 8, 2021 (86 FR 8598) and March 17, 2021 (86 FR 14595), the
SARSAT Program sought the public's views on the inclusion of this
optional RLS feature on U.S. country-coded beacons. The US SARSAT
Program received 3 responses from the public to the RFI notices. Based
on consideration of these responses, the addressing of several
requirements requested by the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force, and
the update of the Standards for 406 MHz Satellite Personal Locator
Beacons (PLBs) and 406 MHz Satellite Emergency Position Indicating
Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), the US SARSAT Program is authorizing the coding
and use of Return Link Service equipped PLBs and EPIRBS beacons within
the United States Search and Rescue Region. These RLS enabled beacons
will be legal for sale and use upon the publishing of Radio Technical
Commission for Maritime services 11010.4 Standard for 406 MHz Satellite
Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs). Due to the nature of their
installation, RLS is currently not authorized for use in aviation
Emergency Locator Transmitters.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 883(d) and (e).
Dated: February 25, 2022.
Mark W. Turner,
SARSAT Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 2022-04369 Filed 3-1-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-HR-P
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